Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:33:05 -1000 From: parv@pair.com To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man(1) output error Message-ID: <20101031093305.GA2080@holstein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010302151370.7151@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010282232340.58967@wonkity.com> <AANLkTimvdoceCoBhpiLGUkftLN0L=qfVV0nm_aD49kR7@mail.gmail.com> <20101029185853.0631917f.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101029184958.GE2439@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010301810530.6585@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010302050110.7006@wonkity.com> <20101031031353.GA2241@holstein.holy.cow> <AANLkTinDDHp7iQ3%2BoYL=OzGOU7RJkTihSf6YXz-YrW1V@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010302151370.7151@wonkity.com>
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in message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010302151370.7151@wonkity.com>, wrote Warren Block thusly... > > On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, Adam Vande More wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM, <parv@pair.com> wrote: > > I tried with "man perlfunc | less '+/y'" (also repeated the above > > with csh) which did not result in any error messages in zsh 4 on > > FreeBSD 8-STABLE (c. Sep 9 2010). > > > > > > Perhaps it's not directly related to the shell since your config > > is similar to except my stable is from Oct 4 and the error > > happens here. > > Sounds right. The initial search command for less (+/whatever) is > not always needed; after the error appears with it, just 'man > perlfunc | less' will give the errors. > > The errors appear here when 'man perlfunc | less +/y' is run on > csh, bash, or zsh and "q" is pressed before the EOF has been > reached: > > % man perlfunc | less +/y > Error executing formatting or display command. > system command exited with status 36096 > No manual entry for perlfunc Yes, pressing "q" in less produces the above too here. > The status is always 36096, or 0x8d00. Haven't yet found a short > man page which does this. Interestingly, longer man pages may do > it twice: > > % man ifconfig | less +/following > Error executing formatting or display command. > system command exited with status 36096 > Error executing formatting or display command. > system command exited with status 36096 > No manual entry for ifconfig Now this is also reproducible. > Go to the EOF with "G" first, then press "q", and there are no > errors. Yep. Thanks Warren for listing various cases. That made me realize that I did went to the end of two manual pages when I had tried to reproduce the error earlier. - parv --
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