Bug 146364

Summary:	Strange (non-displayable) characters groff/man creates on utf8-systems
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Matthias Schwarzott <zzam>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	utf8 herd (RETIRED) <utf8>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	base-system
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Matthias Schwarzott gentoo-dev

2006-09-05 02:27:48 UTC

When switching man/groff from cripled ascii-mode  to autodetect (utf8-capable) mode it creates some symbols not displayable on every system.

This works by deleting the -Tascii in NROFF command inside /etc/man.conf, See Bug #146315.

For my system man creates this chars:
* a bullet for lists: c2 b7 in utf8 - viewable for me but not for others
* a hypthen: e2 80 90 in utf8 - not viewable in kde's konsole for me - gives a highligted question mark in pure text-console with lat9w-16 font

Comment 1 Matthias Schwarzott gentoo-dev

2006-09-05 02:28:56 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 146365 ***