Re: Mutt manual.txt.gz strange escapes

2003-03-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 07:50:51AM -0900, Christopher Swingley wrote: > What's the appropriate way to view the Mutt manual > (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz)? > > My mutt (1.5.3-3, from sid) has a macro defined: > > zcat /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz | sensible-pager > > which pages

Re: Mutt manual.txt.gz strange escapes

2003-03-18 Thread Christopher Swingley
Cameron, * Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-Mar-18 12:50 AKST]: > > > > What's the appropriate way to view the Mutt manual > > > > (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz)? > > less -r > or > less -R Thanks. That works well. Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley email: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Mutt manual.txt.gz strange escapes

2003-03-18 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Once upon a time Matthew Weier O'Phinney said... > > I just use 'zless /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz'. For 'less', I've > used the traditional less tool as well as the less.sh VIM script; both > have worked for me. Instead of 'zless ...', you can put "eval $(lesspipe)" in your shell rc file,

Re: Mutt manual.txt.gz strange escapes

2003-03-18 Thread Thomas Krennwallner
On Tue Mar 18, 2003 at 04:15:50PM -0500, the boisterous Matthew Weier O'Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote to me: > I just use 'zless /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz'. For 'less', I've > used the traditional less tool as well as the less.sh VIM script; both > have worked for me. zless doesn't wor

Re: Mutt manual.txt.gz strange escapes

2003-03-18 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Once upon a time Geordie Birch said... > said Oliver Fuchs (on 2003-03-18), > > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Christopher Swingley wrote: > > > > > What's the appropriate way to view the Mutt manual > > > (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz)? > > > > 1) Running mutt and typing F1. > > 2) vim /usr/share/do

Re: Mutt manual.txt.gz strange escapes

2003-03-18 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Christopher Swingley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Tuesday, 18 March 2003, 07:50 AM -0900): > What's the appropriate way to view the Mutt manual > (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz)? > > My mutt (1.5.3-3, from sid) has a macro defined: > > zcat /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz | sensibl

Re: Mutt manual.txt.gz strange escapes

2003-03-18 Thread Geordie Birch
said Oliver Fuchs (on 2003-03-18), > On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Christopher Swingley wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > What's the appropriate way to view the Mutt manual > > (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz)? > > 1) Running mutt and typing F1. > 2) vim /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz > 3) gunzip /usr/

Re: Mutt manual.txt.gz strange escapes

2003-03-18 Thread Thomas Krennwallner
On Tue Mar 18, 2003 at 08:43:54PM +0100, the boisterous Oliver Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote to me: > On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Christopher Swingley wrote: > > What's the appropriate way to view the Mutt manual > > (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz)? > > 1) Running mutt and typing F1. Doesn't work

Re: Mutt manual.txt.gz strange escapes

2003-03-18 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Christopher Swingley wrote: > Greetings, > > What's the appropriate way to view the Mutt manual > (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz)? 1) Running mutt and typing F1. 2) vim /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz 3) gunzip /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz and then less /usr/shar

Mutt manual.txt.gz strange escapes

2003-03-18 Thread Christopher Swingley
Greetings, What's the appropriate way to view the Mutt manual (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz)? My mutt (1.5.3-3, from sid) has a macro defined: zcat /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz | sensible-pager which pages the manual through less. I see lots of escape characters, which makes it