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To: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)" <BBuchbinder@niaid.nih.gov>
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Subject: Re: Problem about man-1.5m2
References: <F76C9B2DA2FC4C4CA0A18E288BBCBCF70361EFD1@nihexchange24.nih.gov>
From: "Dr. Volker Zell" <Dr.Volker.Zell@oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 02:36:10 +0100
In-Reply-To: <F76C9B2DA2FC4C4CA0A18E288BBCBCF70361EFD1@nihexchange24.nih.gov> (Barry
 Buchbinder's message of "Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:34:19 -0500")
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>>>>> "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

    Barry> - Barry Buchbinder

Ciao
  Volker


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