|"> export MANPAGER=/usr/bin/less |"> |"> (Of course, this only works if you have the 'less' package installed.) |"> |"> If it works for you, then you might want to put this line into your |"> .bashrc or whatever startup script you use. |"> |"> If the problem is that the documents you're looking at are gzip'd then |"> you'll want to read them with zless, by executing, e.g., |"> zless /usr/doc/man/README.gz |" |"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.
You probably have not set your 'LESSCHARSET' environment variable; try either: export LESSCHARSET=latin1 or: setenv LESSCHARSET latin1 -- Ronald van Loon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "I am waiting as fast as I can! I want patience, and I want it *NOW*!" - Bethany J. Parkhurst