Re: Irritating ^H and double characters in documentation

1998-07-10 Thread Benoit Goudreault-Emond 
 Johann == Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Johann Hallo,

Johann Several documentation files on the 1.3.1 distribution
Johann contains text like this from the Afterstep FAQ:
Johann --- 11..
[snip]
Johann ---

Johann I was trying to read this file with emacs in X11.

Those are files that are using troff-like backspace+character
sequences to simulate bold and underline.  You can probably view those
properly through less and more.  However,

1- To view it with emacs, use M-x Man-fontify-manpage (you may have to
view a manual page first to load the function, but I'm not sure)

2- Filter the file through `col -b'.

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Re: Irritating ^H and double characters in documentation

1998-07-10 Thread Johann Spies 
Thank you all for explaining that which I should have known.

I did not know about the col filter before.

Have a nice day.

Johann.

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Irritating ^H and double characters in documentation

1998-07-09 Thread Johann Spies 
Hallo,

Several documentation files on the 1.3.1 distribution contains text
like this from the Afterstep FAQ:
---
11..  GGeenneerraalliinnffoorrmmaattiioonn

  11..11..  WWhhaatt iissAAfftteerrSStteepp??


  AfterStep is a Window Manager for X that emulates the NEXTSTEP look
  and feel, which many adepts will tell you is not only the most
  visually pleasant interface, but also one of the most functional and
  intuitive out there.

---

I was trying to read this file with emacs in X11.

Through the 'eyes' of Mosaic it looked like this:


  1 1. .  G Ge en ne er ra al li in nf fo or rm ma at ti io on n

Using lynx it looked like this:

  11..  GGeenneerraall iinnffoorrmmaattiioonn

  11..11..  WWhhaatt iiss AAfftteerrSStteepp??

Is there a quick way to correct this?

Johann

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Re: Irritating ^H and double characters in documentation

1998-07-09 Thread jdassen 
On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 03:01:43PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
 Several documentation files on the 1.3.1 distribution contains text like
 this from the Afterstep FAQ:
 ---
 11..  GGeenneerraalliinnffoorrmmaattiioonn

This is *roff-style bold, which several programs (e.g. less, mutt)
understand.

 Is there a quick way to correct this?

You can filter them through col -b.

HTH,
Ray
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Re: Irritating ^H and double characters in documentation

1998-07-09 Thread Oliver Elphick 
Johann Spies wrote:
  Several documentation files on the 1.3.1 distribution contains text
  like this from the Afterstep FAQ:
  ---
  11..  GGeenneerraalliinnffoorrmmaattiioonn
...
  Is there a quick way to correct this?

sed -e '//s/\(.\)./\1/g'  infile  outfile

The  is actually ctrl-h (backspace).  To type it in as a real character
at the terminal, you will have to precede it with ctrl-v.


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