* Juergen Kreileder <jk@blackdown.de> [2004:02:27:21:18:09+0100] scribed: > Michael D. Schleif <mds@helices.org> writes: > > > Package: xterm > > Version: 4.2.1-12.1 > > Severity: important > > > > Recently, I have begun using uxterm exclusively, rather than simple > > xterm. I have not made any configuration changes to locales nor > > uxterm recently. I experience this problem on at least four (4) > > different systems, some running kernel 2.4.24 and others 2.6.2. > > > > My best example is: > > > > man spamassassin > > > > The first `Options' section does *NOT* display the leading `-' and > > `--' characters. The second `OPTIONS' section displays leading `-' > > and `--' as expected. As I write this, I have five (5) uxterms open > > on this system, four (4) exhibit this problem, and one (1) displays > > this example manpage as expected. > > > > To be honest, so far, I have only experienced this problem in > > manpages, and I do not have evidence of other occurences. > > These are probably bugs in the manpages: They use '-' where '\-' > should be used. You might want to file bugs similar to #180618 (which > is for less(1)). Yes, I thought so, too; except that, of the six (6) uxterm's I currently have up on this box, one (1) of them displays the example manpage correctly. I do not have any idea how this one can be different, since I started all six in exactly the same way, and I have not made any configuration changes. If it displays correctly in one uxterm, I should be able to get it to display correctly in *ALL* uxterms. Since I started _all_ of these instances with the same KDE icon, and I have not changed configuration of any *xterm, I do not understand how this difference can occur. Moreover, I do not know how to troubleshoot this. What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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