I found the same thing and 2 other problems (1) If the environmental variable LESS is set, it overrides the PAGER setting in man.conf.
(2) Large chunks of text can be incorrectly made bold. Not wanting to have to choose between less working the way I want and man working properly, I I've rolled back to ver 1.5j-2. - Barry Buchbinder -----Original Message----- From: Yih-Ru Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem about man-1.5m2 Just install man-1.5m2 from mirrors.kernel.org I think the PAGER setting in /usr/share/misc/man.conf should be changed to PAGER = less -irs In order to display the ESC sequence correctly. Yih-Ru Wang -- 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/ -- 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/