bug#23956: 25.1.50; Underscore display error in WoMan mode

bug#23956: 25.1.50; Underscore display error in WoMan mode

[Meiyo Peng]

The underscore character "_" is displayed as a backslash and an
underscore "\_" in WoMan mode. Is this a bug or a feature?

This is from ~M-x woman docker-attach~:
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
  * \\ (two backward slashes)
  * \_ (underscore)
  * ^ (caret)
#+END_EXAMPLE

This is from ~M-x man docker-attach~:
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
  · \\ (two backward slashes)
  · _ (underscore)
  · ^ (caret)
#+END_EXAMPLE


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bug#23956: 25.1.50; Underscore display error in WoMan mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Meiyo Peng <meiyo.peng@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:12:41 +0800
> 
> The underscore character "_" is displayed as a backslash and an
> underscore "\_" in WoMan mode. Is this a bug or a feature?
> 
> This is from ~M-x woman docker-attach~:
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
>   * \\ (two backward slashes)
>   * \_ (underscore)
>   * ^ (caret)
> #+END_EXAMPLE

Please post the man page, I don't have it here.

bug#23956: 25.1.50; Underscore display error in WoMan mode

[Meiyo Peng]

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Here is the man page source code of /usr/share/man/man1/docker-attach.1.gz:
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
  .PP
  To override the sequence for an individual container, use the
  \fB\fC\-\-detach\-keys="<sequence>"\fR flag with the \fB\fCdocker
attach\fR command. The format of
  the \fB\fC<sequence>\fR is either a letter [a\-Z], or the \fB\fCctrl\-\fR
combined with any of
  the following:
  .IP \(bu 2
  \fB\fCa\-z\fR (a single lowercase alpha character )
  .IP \(bu 2
  \fB\fC@\fR (ampersand)
  .IP \(bu 2
  \fB\fC[\fR (left bracket)
  .IP \(bu 2
  \fB\fC\\\\\fR (two backward slashes)
  .IP \(bu 2
  \fB\fC\_\fR (underscore)
  .IP \(bu 2
  \fB\fC^\fR (caret)
#+END_EXAMPLE

I live in timezone UTC+8. Sorry for the delay and thank you for your
patience.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 1:50 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Meiyo Peng <meiyo.peng@gmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:12:41 +0800
> >
> > The underscore character "_" is displayed as a backslash and an
> > underscore "\_" in WoMan mode. Is this a bug or a feature?
> >
> > This is from ~M-x woman docker-attach~:
> > #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> >   * \\ (two backward slashes)
> >   * \_ (underscore)
> >   * ^ (caret)
> > #+END_EXAMPLE
>
> Please post the man page, I don't have it here.
>
-- 
Meiyo Peng

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bug#23956: 25.1.50; Underscore display error in WoMan mode

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

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Meiyo Peng <meiyo.peng@gmail.com> writes:

> The underscore character "_" is displayed as a backslash and an
> underscore "\_" in WoMan mode. Is this a bug or a feature?
>
> This is from ~M-x woman docker-attach~:
>
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
>   * \\ (two backward slashes)
>   * \_ (underscore)
>   * ^ (caret)
> #+END_EXAMPLE
>
> This is from ~M-x man docker-attach~:
>
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
>   · \\ (two backward slashes)
>   · _ (underscore)
>   · ^ (caret)
> #+END_EXAMPLE

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately got little response at
the time.)

I tried this in Emacs 25.1 (and 28) on Debian/bullseye, and I can't see
anything obviously wrong, but perhaps I'm looking at the wrong thing.

Are you still seeing this issue in more recent Emacs/Debian versions?


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bug#23956: 25.1.50; Underscore display error in WoMan mode

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> I tried this in Emacs 25.1 (and 28) on Debian/bullseye, and I can't see
> anything obviously wrong, but perhaps I'm looking at the wrong thing.
>
> Are you still seeing this issue in more recent Emacs/Debian versions?

More information was requested, but no response was given within a
month, so I'm closing this bug report.  If the problem still exists,
please respond to this email and we'll reopen the bug report.

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