When I open man pages with pinfo, bold text appears to be bracketed by strings like ^[[1m and ^[[0m . This makes it unreadable and unusable as a manpage browser. This only happens on my Gentoo installation, not with my Ubuntu 10.04 ones. Have attached screenshots of man working correctly on gentoo and pinfo working incorrectly on gentoo and pinfo working correctly on ubuntu. Reproducible: Always Portage 2.1.8.3 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.4.3, glibc-2.11.1-r0, 2.6.34-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.34-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_E8200_@_2.66GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:30:15 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.1_p7 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11 dev-lang/python: 2.6.5-r2, 3.1.2-r3 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r8 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.6.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.7b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.33 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe -ggdb" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe -ggdb" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests ccache distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.in.th/" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="en hi hi_IN" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac aalib acl acpi alsa amd64 audiofile bash-completion berkdb bittorrent branding bzip2 cairo caps cdparanoia cdr chm cleartype cli consolekit cracklib crypt cxx dbus debug dga dhcp dirac disk-partition djvu dri dts dvd dvdr emboss emerald encode exif extra extras fam ffmpeg fftw firefox flac fontconfig fortran fuse games gcj gd gdbm geoip gif git glitz gnutls gphoto2 gpm gs gsm gstreamer gtk hal iconv id3tag ieee1394 imagemagick imlib inotify java jbig jingle jpeg jpeg2k kate kde kipi laptop lcms libass libcaca libnotify libsamplerate lm_sensors lzo mad matroska mikmod mmap mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg msn mudflap multilib musepack mysql ncurses network nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ocamlopt ogg opengl openmp oss pam pango pcre pdf perl phonon plasma png ppds pppd pulseaudio python qt3support qt4 rar readline reflection rle sasl schroedinger sdl sdl-image secure-delete semantic-desktop session skins sms sndfile speex spell spl sse sse2 ssl startup-notification subversion suid svg sysfs taglib tcpd theora threads tiff truetype twolame unicode usb utils vim-syntax vorbis webkit webpresence x264 xcb xcomposite xft xine xinerama xml xorg xosd xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid xvmc yahoo zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en hi hi_IN" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS kream@satori ~ $ env MANPATH=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.20.1/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.3/man:/etc/java-config/system-vm/man/ TERM=xterm SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=4d8e22748385d77f0635166049ac2dbf-1275474428.994190-442770261 SSH_CLIENT=121.245.215.172 60816 22 bash4=4.1.7(2)-release SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/0 ANT_HOME=/usr/share/ant USER=kream LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.axa=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36: GDK_USE_XFT=1 PAGER=/usr/bin/less CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/gentoo-release /etc/sandbox.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/revdep-rebuild XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg FLTK_DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/fltk-1.1.10-r1/html MAIL=/var/mail/kream PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.3:/usr/lib64/subversion/bin:/usr/games/bin PWD=/home/kream JAVA_HOME=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm JAVAC=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/bin/javac EDITOR=/bin/vim JDK_HOME=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm SHLVL=1 HOME=/home/kream JAVACC_HOME=/usr/share/javacc/ LESS=-R -M --shift 5 LOGNAME=kream GCC_SPECS= CVS_RSH=ssh XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share:/usr/share SSH_CONNECTION=121.245.215.172 60816 122.163.198.236 22 LESSOPEN=|lesspipe.sh %s R_HOME=/usr/lib64/R INFOPATH=/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.20.1/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.3/info USB_DEVFS_PATH=/dev/bus/usb OPENGL_PROFILE=nvidia SANE_CONFIG_DIR=/etc/sane.d CONFIG_PROTECT=/usr/share/X11/xkb /var/lib/hsqldb /usr/share/config _=/usr/bin/env
Created attachment 233837 [details] man pinfo on Gentoo
Created attachment 233839 [details] pinfo pinfo on Gentoo
Created attachment 233841 [details] pinfo pinfo on Ubuntu
in case this is helpful, I also tried starting pinfo with LANG=en_IN;pinfo . No luck.
Created attachment 234011 [details, diff] Setting GROFF_NO_SGR in pinfo's environment Probably a crude hack, but no worse than how pinfo "does" manual pages in the first place. Please see if this fixes the issue for you.
Patch included in 0.6.9-r1.
