1.5.22: Man pages show escape codes

[Dr. Volker Zell]

>>>>> Joe Asdf writes:

    > Hello,
    > For some reason I can't figure out, whenever I try and view man pages,
    > I see the escape codes for formatting markup instead of the actual
    > formatting.

    > For example:  when I type "man cygwin", I see this:

    > INTRO(3)                            Cygwin
    > INTRO(3)

    > ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m
    >        ESC[1mintro ESC[22m- Introduction to the Cygwin API

    > ESC[1mDESCRIPTIONESC[0m
    >        ESC[1mCygwin    ESC[22mis    a    Linux-like    environment
    >        for    Windows


    > I don't know why this is happening nor can I figure out how to fix it.
    > I see colors properly in shell text everywhere else I'm supposed to;
    > i.e. directory listings and other console application output.


    > If anyone has any ideas or suggestions for fixing this, I'd appreciate
    > it!  Attached is the output from cygcheck.

http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2006-11/msg00552.html

    > Thanks,

    > Joe

Ciao
  Volker


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