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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: /usr/share/doc Date: 17 Sep 1996 19:26:15 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <51mqg7$14g@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <01bba346$77b96ea0$df6d04c7@zellion.cyberwind.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jeffery T. White (zellion@cyberwind.com) wrote: : There are several directories under here (/usr/share/doc/smm) that appear : to have some sort of documentation in them. They each have a Title.ascii.gz : and Contents.ascii.gz file and many subdirectories. What program reads and : displays these files? I've tried gunziping them but the remaing text is : still formatted. Are these the tared versions of the man pages or something : else? These aren't formatted - they just have lots of ^H's in them. This is a backspace, allowing programs such as more & less to "highlight" things. The string x^Hx^Hx^Hx^Hx will end up with a "highlit" x character. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....