Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:08:25 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nroff -mandoc | more no longer works Message-ID: <4E481D29.8020600@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108141627130.63057@fledge.watson.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108141627130.63057@fledge.watson.org>
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I also use this line for testing man page edits. It will be a very sad thing if it's been broken in 9.0. On 8/14/11 8:29 AM, Robert Watson wrote: > > I'm guessing this relates to nroff/groff tweaks, but I was a bit > unhappy to learn that the command I've used for the last decade to > render man pages while editing them (nroff -mandoc foo.1 | more) no > longer works (output below). > > It seems likely this has to do with teaching groff to use ANSI > escape codes that more, by default, rejects. I'm aware there are > lots of other command lines I could use, but it seems unfortunate > that this is broken -- possibly more should accept more escape codes > in its default configuration, or nroff should generate fewer of them? > > (I'd love to see this fixed for 9.0) > > Robert N M Watson > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge > > > robert@cinnamon-freebsd:/usr/src/lib/libc/sys> nroff -mandoc dup.2 | > more > DUP(2) FreeBSD System Calls > Manual DUP(2) > > ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m > ESC[1mdupESC[22m, ESC[1mdup2 ESC[22m-- duplicate an existing > file descriptor > > ESC[1mLIBRARYESC[0m > Standard C Library (libc, -lc) > > ESC[1mSYNOPSISESC[0m > ESC[1m#include <unistd.h>ESC[0m > > ESC[4mintESC[0m > ESC[1mdupESC[22m(ESC[4mintESC[24m ESC[4molddESC[24m); > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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