Re: Updated: man-1.5k-2
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Steve Kelem wrote: Larry Hall wrote: At 05:02 PM 1/9/2004, Steve Kelem you wrote: I installed this version, and I still get the ESC characters. Do you have any idea why I'm getting them? Does '/usr/share/misc/man.conf' contain this line? PAGER /usr/bin/less -isrR No, it's set to /bin/less -is. I changed it to -isrR, but that didn't change the display. But that info led me to find that my environment variable PAGER was set to less. After changing it to less -isrR, man is working! This should be in a FAQ somewhere, as I've have PAGER set to less for years without a problem. I'm not sure what changed... less, apparently. :-) Actually, it wasn't less, it was groff (the program that man uses to format the man pages). See http://google.com/search?q=announcement+groff-1.18.1-1+cygwin. Thanks for your help! Steve HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster. -- Patrick Naughton -- 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/
Re: Updated: man-1.5k-2
At 03:58 PM 1/10/2004, Peter J. Stieber you wrote: Steve Kelem wrote: I installed this version, and I still get the ESC characters. Do you have any idea why I'm getting them? Larry Hall wrote: Does '/usr/share/misc/man.conf' contain this line? PAGER /usr/bin/less -isrR I updated to man-1.5k-2 too and my '/usr/share/misc/man.conf' contains PAGER /bin/less -is Right. If you have a man.conf file before, the update won't change it. If you want the new defaults, you need to remove this file before you update via setup. I don't get ESC chars because I setup the fix posted on this mailing list prior to the fix being provided in the man package. I think it was add the following to .bashrc. export LESS=R export MANPAGER=less There are certainly other ways other than what I suggested to fix the issue. The email archives mentions them for those interested in alternatives. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
Re: Updated: man-1.5k-2
Steve Kelem wrote: I installed this version, and I still get the ESC characters. Do you have any idea why I'm getting them? Larry Hall wrote: Does '/usr/share/misc/man.conf' contain this line? PAGER /usr/bin/less -isrR I updated to man-1.5k-2 too and my '/usr/share/misc/man.conf' contains PAGER /bin/less -is I don't get ESC chars because I setup the fix posted on this mailing list prior to the fix being provided in the man package. I think it was add the following to .bashrc. export LESS=R export MANPAGER=less HTH, Pete -- 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/
Re: Updated: man-1.5k-2
I installed this version, and I still get the ESC characters. Do you have any idea why I'm getting them? Thanks, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi A new version of 'man' has been uploaded to a server near you. DESCRIPTION: Man, apropos and whatis. CYGWIN NEWS: - Fixed problem of makewhatis -s It couldn't take more than one parameter Thanks to Matthew Carter See also: o http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-12/msg00394.html - Applied a patch from Rafael Kitover Man can now display man pages with :: in their filenames Usefull for displaying perl man pages See also: o http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-12/msg00348.html GENERIC INFORMATION: INSTALLATION: = To update your installation, click on the Install Cygwin now link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up the above mentioned package from the 'Doc' category. This package includes the executable and all documentation. DOWNLOAD: = Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need to find a mirror which has this update. These mirrors already got the package, the others will probably have the latest version of this package fairly soon: In the US ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ has reliable high bandwidth connections. QUESTIONS: == If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is the appropriate place. CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO: = To unsubscribe to the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the List-Unsubscribe: tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enjoy Volker -- 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/
Re: Updated: man-1.5k-2
At 05:02 PM 1/9/2004, Steve Kelem you wrote: I installed this version, and I still get the ESC characters. Do you have any idea why I'm getting them? Does '/usr/share/misc/man.conf' contain this line? PAGER /usr/bin/less -isrR -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: man-1.5k-2
Hi A new version of 'man' has been uploaded to a server near you. DESCRIPTION: Man, apropos and whatis. CYGWIN NEWS: - Fixed problem of makewhatis -s It couldn't take more than one parameter Thanks to Matthew Carter See also: o http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-12/msg00394.html - Applied a patch from Rafael Kitover Man can now display man pages with :: in their filenames Usefull for displaying perl man pages See also: o http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-12/msg00348.html GENERIC INFORMATION: INSTALLATION: = To update your installation, click on the Install Cygwin now link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up the above mentioned package from the 'Doc' category. This package includes the executable and all documentation. DOWNLOAD: = Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need to find a mirror which has this update. These mirrors already got the package, the others will probably have the latest version of this package fairly soon: In the US ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ has reliable high bandwidth connections. QUESTIONS: == If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is the appropriate place. CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO: = To unsubscribe to the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the List-Unsubscribe: tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enjoy Volker -- 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/
Updated: man-1.5k-2
Hi A new version of 'man' has been uploaded to a server near you. DESCRIPTION: Man, apropos and whatis. CYGWIN NEWS: - Fixed problem of makewhatis -s It couldn't take more than one parameter Thanks to Matthew Carter See also: o http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-12/msg00394.html - Applied a patch from Rafael Kitover Man can now display man pages with :: in their filenames Usefull for displaying perl man pages See also: o http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-12/msg00348.html GENERIC INFORMATION: INSTALLATION: = To update your installation, click on the Install Cygwin now link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up the above mentioned package from the 'Doc' category. This package includes the executable and all documentation. DOWNLOAD: = Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need to find a mirror which has this update. These mirrors already got the package, the others will probably have the latest version of this package fairly soon: In the US ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ has reliable high bandwidth connections. QUESTIONS: == If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is the appropriate place. CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO: = To unsubscribe to the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the List-Unsubscribe: tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enjoy Volker
