Re: less-374 patch (was Re: less 358)

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Jungshik Shin wrote:
> On Mon, 20 May 2002, Zvi Har'El wrote:

> > I am using less on a UTF-8 Redhat Linux 7.3 machine. I am having troubles
> > with using man, because of the overstiking is not handled properly.
> > I read the

>   Anyway, attached is a *simplistic*(not perfect)  patch against
> less 374(the newest at less home page)

  Attached is a newer patch. This one works better than the previous
one although it still has the problem mentioned in my previous
message(and quoted below). With this, two hyphens in a row(U+2010) overstruck
with themselves are rendered correctly.  I don't have to be bothered
by hollow boxes(for U+2010) in man pages any more.

> 'pattern'). It's not perfect because it only checks the first
> octet of a two or three octet-long UTF-8 char to see if it's
> identical with the char. preceding backspace.

   Jungshik Shin

patch.2
Description: a new patch for less-374