Bug#3158: acknowledged by developer (was: most differs from man page)
This problem occurs in the version of most 4.6 (4.6-1) that I
currently have on my system.
Here's what the manual page says:
-v Display control characters as in `^A' for control
A. Normally most does not interpret control char-
acters.
But, if you try most on some text with a control A in it, it will be
displayed as ^A even if the -v option is not used.
[Was I supposed test this and get back to you on this? If so, I think
it took me so long to get a copy of most 4.6-1 that I'd forgotten about
the issue by the time I got a copy of it.]
If the program can't be fixed, perhaps you could recommend to the
upstream maintainer that the documentation is incorrect?
--
Raul
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>
> It has been closed by one of the developers, namely
> Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>.
>
> Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is
> unsatisfactory and you haven't received a better one in a separate
> message then please contact the developer directly, or email
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> Ian Jackson
> (maintainer, Debian bug tracking system)
>
> Received: (at 3158-done) by bugs.debian.org; 28 Oct 1996 18:56:28 +0000
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> From: Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>
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> Subject: most differs from man page
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> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 13:43:24 -0500 (EST)
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> In most-4.6 this problem does not occur (as far as I can tell).
>
> --
> Christopher J. Fearnley | Linux/Internet Consulting
> cjf@netaxs.com, cjf@onit.net | UNIX SIG Leader at PACS
> http://www.netaxs.com/~cjf | (Philadelphia Area Computer Society)
> ftp://ftp.netaxs.com/people/cjf | Design Science Revolutionary
> "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller | Explorer in Universe
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