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Re: man pages are littered with .ft C and others

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GBGeert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2008, 17:46 UTC
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On Feb 2, 2008, at 12:25, Adam Flott <adam@npjh.com> wrote:
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> I do remember at one point the man pages looking correctly (just  
> tested
> v1.5.3.8 and it shows the same problem). Therefore it is probably
> some package I'm missing on my system.
>
> And now, I see this scattered all over:
>
> For example:
>
>     .ft C
>     $ git checkout master             \fB(1)\fR
>     $ git checkout master~2 Makefile  \fB(2)\fR
>     $ rm -f hello.c
>     $ git checkout hello.c            \fB(3)\fR
>     .ft
>
> Seems that "------------" and <n>, and a few others aren't being
> translated.
(...)
> Anyone else seeing this?
Yes, I'm seeing this on mac as well.
-geert
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  3. Jakub NarebskiFeb 2, 2008
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