[Pkg-mutt-maintainers] Bug#877000: Bug#877000: mutt: not plain/text /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Jari Aalto <jari.aalto at cante.net> [2017-09-27 17:45 +0300]:

> Package: mutt
> Version: 1.8.0-1
> Severity: minor
> 
> The documentation, "Mutt manual" cannot be read with a text
> editor as it appears not being plain/text.
> 
> Please supply plain/text file without any control characters embedded. This
> allows SEARCH in editors and GREP to be used to find information.
> 
> CONTENT EXAMPLES:
> 
> Emacs: C-x C-f /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz
> 
>     The Mutt E-Mail Client
> 
>     Michael Elkins
> 
>        <[1]m^Hme^He@^H at c^Hcs^Hs.^H.h^Hhm^Hmc^Hc.^H.e^Hed^Hdu^Hu>
> 
>        version 1.8.0 (2017-02-23)
> 
>        _^HA_^Hb_^Hs_^Ht_^Hr_^Ha_^Hc_^Ht

I can read /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz directly with vim and
emacs with no doubts. zgrep, zless and zmore are showing everything
well. I can't reproduce either.


Elimar
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