Re: Irritating ^H and double characters in documentation
>>>>> "Johann" == Johann Spies <jhspies@alpha.futurenet.co.za> writes:
Johann> Hallo,
Johann> Several documentation files on the 1.3.1 distribution
Johann> contains text like this from the Afterstep FAQ:
Johann> ----------------------------------------------- 11..
[snip]
Johann> ---------------------------------------------------
Johann> I was trying to read this file with emacs in X11.
Those are files that are using troff-like backspace+character
sequences to simulate bold and underline. You can probably view those
properly through less and more. However,
1- To view it with emacs, use M-x Man-fontify-manpage (you may have to
view a manual page first to load the function, but I'm not sure)
2- Filter the file through `col -b'.
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