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Re: most 4.6 have confusing -v option (maybe a bug?) (fwd)



I think you should fix the manual page, but I'm having trouble
responding to you (netaxs is bouncing your mail, with "can't create
output").

I'm sending this one to debian-devel so maybe it will get through that
way...

-- 
Raul


> 'John E. Davis wrote:'
> >From davis@space.mit.edu  Wed Nov  6 00:16:30 1996
> >Message-Id: <199611060516.AAA06278@access.netaxs.com>
> >Date: Tue, 5 Nov 96 23:59:55 EST
> >From: "John E. Davis" <davis@space.mit.edu>
> >To: cjf@netaxs.com
> >Subject: Re: most 4.6 have confusing -v option (maybe a bug?)
> >X-Mailer: Jed [0.98-0]
> >
> >>What does the -v option do then?
> >
> >It turns off interpretation of the ^H and ^M characters which are used
> >for underlining.
> >
> >--John
> 
> So I should rework the man page.  Should I release this as a bug fix
> for 1.2?  Most is unimportant enough, but craftsmanship demands
> quality ...
> 
> -- 
> 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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