man pages are not formatted properly

[kevinboone]

man pages are not formatted properly by groff -- there are a bunch of terminal
codes in the page. I don't think the problem is with groff itself, because I
tested that it can format man page text correctly on the command line. Rather,
I think the problem is in the way that busybox man.c formats man pages

[giuliolunati]

Noticed similar problem with `git log`. Maybe a terminal config issue... 2017-05-20 9:38 GMT+02:00 Kevin Boone <notifications@github.com>:

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man pages are not formatted properly by groff -- there are a bunch of terminal codes in the page. I don't think the problem is with groff itself, because I tested that it can format man page text correctly on the command line. Rather, I think the problem is in the way that busybox man.c formats man pages — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFYuM0chQpHMs72WqbXo4h_e2sGaLg8sks5r7phmgaJpZM4NhOMt> .

[preserved]

I found that exporting GROFF_NO_SGR=1 by listing in /etc/profile takes care of this problem. I'm running kbox4 on a Samsung SM-G550T with Android 6.0.1.