1006 – less cannot handle colored fonts

Bug 1006 - less cannot handle colored fonts

Summary: less cannot handle colored fonts

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-03-07 14:58 UTC by Eugene Koontz
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
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Description Eugene Koontz 2002-03-07 14:58:51 UTC

To reproduce :

emerge --help | less

You will see :
ESC[01mYou can also type "emerge --help system", "emerge --help rsync" and
"emerge --help config" for additional help.ESC[0m

The "ESC[01m"'s are colors I believe, but less cannot deal with them.
more handles them fine, but I like to use less...

Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-03-07 15:00:47 UTC

This is not a bug.  Use "less -r", as described in the man page.