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RE: Man pages garbled in 1.7.1


> > From: Jeenu V
> > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 02:48
> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: Man pages garbled in 1.7.1
> >
> > I'm now using UTF-8 encoding on PuTTYCyg and the man pages look fine.
> > Could
> > somebody tell me how to search for '-' on the man page, so that I can
> > quickly jump to a known command option?
> >
> > --
> > :J
>
> The problem is how to enter the Unicode MINUS sign, which man is using
> for the option prefix. The code point for this character (in decimal)
> is 8722, so press ALT and from the NUM-LOCKed keypad enter 8 7 2 2, then
> press Enter.
>
> --Ken Nellis

This is probably a stupid question but here goes:

What is it about UTF-8 that requires a UNICODE minus sign to be used
in place of an ASCII minus sign?  Normal ASCII characters are used
in man pages -- why not a normal ASCII minus sign?  Is the use of
a UNICODE minus sign solving more problems than it creates?

Just curious.

--
Wes

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