Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: xterm > Version: 4.2.1-12.1 > Severity: important > > Recently, I have begun using uxterm exclusively, rather than simple > xterm. I have not made any configuration changes to locales nor > uxterm recently. I experience this problem on at least four (4) > different systems, some running kernel 2.4.24 and others 2.6.2. > > My best example is: > > man spamassassin > > The first `Options' section does *NOT* display the leading `-' and > `--' characters. The second `OPTIONS' section displays leading `-' > and `--' as expected. As I write this, I have five (5) uxterms open > on this system, four (4) exhibit this problem, and one (1) displays > this example manpage as expected. > > To be honest, so far, I have only experienced this problem in > manpages, and I do not have evidence of other occurences.
These are probably bugs in the manpages: They use '-' where '\-' should be used. You might want to file bugs similar to #180618 (which is for less(1)). Juergen -- Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Team http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/