From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Aug 5 23:50: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9038A37B403 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 23:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f766o1v25707; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 23:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from cvis21.Marconicomms.com (cvis21.marconicomms.com [195.99.244.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23D5537B401 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 23:48:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sje2bk@marconi.com) Received: from cvis03.gpt.co.uk (unverified) by cvis21.Marconicomms.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.1.5) with ESMTP id for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 07:48:31 +0100 Received: from bkrzu6.de.marconicomms.com by cvis03.gpt.co.uk with ESMTP (8.8.8+Sun/cvms-32) id HAA23852; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 07:48:33 +0100 (BST) Received: from bk4957.de.marconicomms.com (bk4957.de.marconicomms.com [172.28.39.232]) by bkrzu6.de.marconicomms.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_22672)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA21287 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 08:48:33 +0200 (METDST) Received: (from sje2bk@localhost) by bk4957.de.marconicomms.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f766mma00607; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 08:48:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sje2bk) Message-Id: <200108060648.f766mma00607@bk4957.de.marconicomms.com> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 08:48:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Jens.Schweikhardt@marconi.com Reply-To: Jens.Schweikhardt@marconi.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: docs/29479: Messed up SYNOPSIS in some on-line man pages Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 29479 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Messed up SYNOPSIS in some on-line man pages >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Aug 05 23:50:00 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jens Schweikhardt >Release: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Marconi >Environment: N/A >Description: The SYNOPSIS section of some man pages accessible via http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi is messed up. In particular, it does seem to have problems with backspacing/overstriking. In addition, hard line breaks in the SYNOPSIS seem to be ignored. >How-To-Repeat: Click on http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kill&sektion=1 The SYNOPSIS looks like this, note the repeated characters: SYNOPSIS k ki il ll l [- -s s signal_name] pid ... kill -l [exit_status] kill -signal_n na am me e pid ... kill -signal_n nu um mb be er r pid ... Note also the vanished line breaks, i.e. on my local system kill(1) reads SYNOPSIS kill [-s signal_name] pid ... kill -l [exit_status] kill -signal_name pid ... kill -signal_number pid ... >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message