i have this problem also, using redhat-8.0 and kde-3.1-rc6 compiled from scratch. not only do my hypens sometimes look like squares, but as i scroll thru the man page in konsole, bits and pieces of the new line remain on the previous line. its hard to explain but it gets ugly and hard to read...
-- christopher On Sunday 19 January 2003 05:24 pm, David & Kate Baird wrote: > Here's the answer to my original question, which raises > a couple of other issues - what's the most elegant workaround, > and should there be a fix? > > Does anybody from RedHat read this list? > > David Baird > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leonard Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:54 PM > Subject: Re: Garbled Man Pages in Red Hat Linux 8 > > > You're welcome. I've seen the question on several other lists also. > > 1. It could probably be added to /etc/bashrc or /etc/profile. I didn't > > use those files because I only have a couple of users on the machine. > > > > 2. My guess is it would have to be brought to Redhat's attention. I > > haven't told them and I don't know if anybody else has either. > > > > Leonard > > > > >>> "David & Kate Baird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/19/03 06:31 AM > > > > Thank you. In my case locale (unsurprisingly) produced "en_GB.UTF8". > > $LANG > > was exactly the same (including the .UTF8) and $LC_ALL was undefined. I > > set > > them both to en_GB via .bashrc and this seems to fix the problem (in > > fact > > just setting $LC_ALL to en_GB sorted it, although en_GB.UTF8 didn't > > work).. > > > > 2 further questions: > > > > - How can I get these environment variables set correctly for all users > > without having to alter every .bashrc? > > > > - Since I've done a pretty vanilla build and others obviously have the > > same > > problem, is there a fix needed to something, and if so who needs to > > know? > > > > David Baird > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leonard Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 1:59 PM > Subject: Re: Garbled Man Pages in Red Hat Linux 8 > > > At the prompt type "locale". Odds are there is a .UTF8 at the end of > > whatever will be displayed. Take everything before the .UTF8 and add > > the following to you .bashrc file. > > If "locale" produced "en_US.UTF8", then add "en_US" > > > > export LANG=en_US > > export LC_ALL=en_US > > > > Logout and log back in, it should fix it. > > > > Leonard > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/18/03 08:15 AM >>> > > > > I've installed Red Hat Linux 8 on a Compaq PC from scratch. I use the > > KDE > > desktop (I haven't got Gnome installed at all), and I've selected the > > Windows Look and Feel using the desktop > > > > My problem is that most Man pages (e.g. man iptables) don't display > > properly > > in a terminal window. Hyphens and possibly other characters display as > > empty squares. This also happens if I run a terminal window using PuTTY > > via > > SSL from a Windows client over the network. It doesn't happen with a > > non-graphical interface at RunLevel 3, and it didn't happen at all > > before I > > upgraded from RHL 7.2 to 8.0. > > > > I've applied all the available patches using Up2date, and the problem is > > still there. I've also seen it on a completely separate system > > elsewhere, > > again with RHL 8 on a PC server with a network terminal session from a > > Windows PC running PuTTY. I don't know what desktop was in use on that > > server. > > > > This seems a fairly basic problem, annoying rather than critical, but of > > course you never know what it may conceal. Any solutions? > > > > David Baird > > Manchester > > UK -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
