> > From: Jeenu V > > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 02:48 > > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > > Subject: Re: Man pages garbled in 1.7.1 > > > > I'm now using UTF-8 encoding on PuTTYCyg and the man pages look fine. > > Could > > somebody tell me how to search for '-' on the man page, so that I can > > quickly jump to a known command option? > > > > -- > > :J > > The problem is how to enter the Unicode MINUS sign, which man is using > for the option prefix. The code point for this character (in decimal) > is 8722, so press ALT and from the NUM-LOCKed keypad enter 8 7 2 2, then > press Enter. > > --Ken Nellis
This is probably a stupid question but here goes: What is it about UTF-8 that requires a UNICODE minus sign to be used in place of an ASCII minus sign? Normal ASCII characters are used in man pages -- why not a normal ASCII minus sign? Is the use of a UNICODE minus sign solving more problems than it creates? Just curious. -- Wes -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
