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[Markus Uhr]

On 25. Aug 2010, at 1:57, Karl Berry wrote:

> Reinhard,
> 
> 
>    * tlmgr --help: The TeX Live Manager uses "less" to display the help
>      text. In the new version, it shows some wired escape sequences. 
> 
> I can reproduce it on tug.org, ssh'd in with a plain old xterm, locale
> settings all POSIX.  I run:
> $ (unset LESS; unset LESSOPEN; tlmgr help)
> 
> And it says:
> "/tmp/OWdfETYIXZ" may be a binary file.  See it anyway?
> 
> And I type "y" and and what I see is the attached screenshot, full of
> ESC sequences.
> 
> If I just hit RET instead of typing "y" to the binary file question, it
> displays correctly.

This is exactly what I'm seeing, too. I noticed this morning that it happens only when I do "sudo tlmgr --help", i.e. as root. As a normal user it works as expected.

To be more precise:

$ sudo tlmgr --help
"/tmp/XXXXXX" may be a binary file.  See it anyway?

and then typing "y" shows the help page with escape sequences.

$ sudo tlmgr --help
"/tmp/XXXXXX" may be a binary file.  See it anyway?

and typing <enter> shows the help page without escape sequences, but line brakes are wrong.

$ tlmgr --help

shows everything ok.

Best,
Markus