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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: groff-1.18.1-1
- From: Shaddy Baddah <Shaddy_Baddah at hotmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:09:43 +0800
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: groff-1.18.1-1
- Reply-to: Shaddy Baddah <Shaddy_Baddah at hotmail dot com>
Hi,
Despite my best effort at sifting through the mailing list for the solution,
the posting that solved my problem eluded me until I had already sent my
original question. Apologies, but the I have found the fix. Please refer to
the below from the RE: Problem about man-1.5m2 posting of Mon, 24 Nov 2003:
> >>>>> "Barry" == Barry Buchbinder <Buchbinder> writes:
>
> Barry> I found the same thing and 2 other problems
> Barry> (1) If the environmental variable LESS is set, it
> overrides the PAGER
> Barry> setting in man.conf.
>
> Barry> (2) Large chunks of text can be incorrectly made bold.
>
> Barry> Not wanting to have to choose between less working the way
> I want and man
> Barry> working properly, I I've rolled back to ver 1.5j-2.
>
> Can you try what happens with the following two lines in
> /usr/share/misc/man.conf.
>
> NROFF /usr/bin/nroff -c -mandoc
> PAGER /usr/bin/less -isrR
>
Regards,
Shaddy
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