sun wrote: > hi, just find a export line in my .bashrc file > > export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > > when I delete it, the man pages return to normal. > but I do not know why.
Setting that variable tells programs that you want UTF-8 output, however you're not using a terminal capable of displaying UTF-8 and so the characters display as nonsense. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/