On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 11:09:14AM -0400, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 09:35:08AM -0500, Bret Hughes wrote:
> > Hal Burgiss wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 05:54:44PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote:
> > > > Hi All People,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > but following strange symbols appears inside their content
> > > >
> > > > 2#2.#.3#3.#. I#I/#/O#O A#Ad#dd#dr#re#es#ss#se#es#s,#,
> > > > e#et#tc#c.#.
> > > >
> > > > 22..22.. HHooww aa CCoommppuutteerr FFiinnddss DDeevviicceess
> > > > ((aanndd ccoonnvveerrsseellyy))
>
> I used to know exactly why, but escapes me ATM ;( You notice that text
> HOWTOs from LDP don't have this annoyance, so it is not all by any
> means. I find it occasionally in the /usr/doc/* docs that are package
The multiple characters are (I think) an artifact of the age old
scheme of doing bold on a line printer, ie: overstrike. If you looked
at the file closely, it would show C<bkspc>Co<bkspc>om... etc.
If you printed the file to any printer you would see what you
expected.
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