Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:48:12 -0500 From: Jim Bryant <kc5vdj.freebsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: ESCape codes displayed instead of processed in pager Message-ID: <4F735CEC.5060101@gmail.com>
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Ever since I have upgraded to 9-stable, I have noticed that the manpages
seem to be munged up with displayed instead of processed ESCape codes.
an example:
1:41:05pm argus(8): man man
MAN(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual
MAN(1)
ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m
ESC[1mman ESC[22m-- display online manual documentation pages
ESC[1mSYNOPSISESC[0m
ESC[1mman ESC[22m[ESC[1m-adhoESC[22m] [ESC[1m-t ESC[22m|
ESC[1m-wESC[22m] [ESC[1m-M ESC[4mESC[22mmanpathESC[24m] [ESC[1m-P
ESC[4mESC[22mpagerESC[24m] [ESC[1m-S ESC[4mESC[22mmansectESC[24m]
[ESC[1m-m ESC[4mESC[22marchESC[24m[:ESC[4mmachineESC[24m]]
[ESC[1m-p ESC[22m[ESC[4meprtvESC[24m]] [ESC[4mmansectESC[24m]
ESC[4mpageESC[24m ESC[4m...ESC[0m
ESC[1mman -f ESC[4mESC[22mkeywordESC[24m ESC[4m...ESC[0m
ESC[1mman -k ESC[4mESC[22mkeywordESC[24m ESC[4m...ESC[0m
ESC[1mDESCRIPTIONESC[0m
The ESC[1mman ESC[22mutility finds and displays online manual
documentation pages. If
ESC[4mmansectESC[24m is provided, ESC[1mman ESC[22mrestricts the
search to the specific section of
the manual.
I have actually ruled out nroff -man, and have determined that this has
to do with /usr/bin/more and /usr/bin/less.
example:
1:44:45pm argus(9): man man | cat
MAN(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual
MAN(1)
NAME
man -- display online manual documentation pages
SYNOPSIS
man [-adho] [-t | -w] [-M manpath] [-P pager] [-S mansect]
[-m arch[:machine]] [-p [eprtv]] [mansect] page ...
man -f keyword ...
man -k keyword ...
DESCRIPTION
The man utility finds and displays online manual documentation
pages. If
mansect is provided, man restricts the search to the specific
section of
the manual.
So far as I can tell, it is in both more and less. if it relies on
termcap, then the issue is bigger, because it does the same thing in
syscons as it does an xterm.
My bottom line question is what changed, and how do I change my end to
make things work as expected again? Honestly, this is a real pain in
the ass when I need a manual page.
jim
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