* Thorsten Kampe (2003-12-29 19:48 +0100) > * Lynn Wilson (2003-12-23 19:40 +0100) >> It seems that a few months ago the man pages were showing the ESC[1m etc. escape >> sequences in a bash shell. The problem was quickly fixed.
>> I downloaded docbook_xsl 1.64.1-1 yesterday and the problem is back. I also >> downloaded a few X-modules. One of these modules caused the 'man' problem to >> re-appear. > Same with me. Anyone with a solution (because every man page is > unreadable). I haven't installed any "X modules". Got a personal mail referring to a recent thread called "man produces ESC". My manpager was 'most' (which is no problem on Gentoo Linux). export LESS=R export MANPAGER=less ...in your .bashrc/.zshrc fixes the problem. Thorsten -- 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/