From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 20:21:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C9E91065677 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:21:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 268728FC08 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:21:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2EKLwoU070024 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:21:58 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p2EKLwfd070021 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:21:58 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:21:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: doc@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:21:58 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Subject: nroff mdoc character errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:21:59 -0000 man mergemaster | hd | less -p'80 90' shows 0x80 and 0x90 characters where lines should be hyphenated. 0x80 0x90 shows as "-" in an xterm, but as three non-English characters on a real console. Likewise, parens come out as 0xa8 and 0xe2. groff works correctly: gzcat /usr/share/man/man8/mergemaster.8.gz | groff -Tascii -mdoc - nroff does not: gzcat /usr/share/man/man8/mergemaster.8.gz | nroff -mdoc -