To refresh, there were strange little squares and odd bits of hex scattered through the manpages. This reply fixed it:
> > I don't think that's the problem, less is my PAGER, and I know about zcat. > > Most of the text is quite readable. The little squares are often where I'd > > expect an apostrophe to be, and some of the funny codes are <B7> for > > example. It looks like a bit of hex. > > Try adding export LESSCHARSET='latin1' to your profile. > > Paul Serice Thanx to all who replied! John Foster