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misc/46784: "pretty" dashes in manpages make copying from manpages inadvisable



>Number:         46784
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       the dashes used for command options don't work
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Aug 08 07:20:00 +0000 2012
>Originator:     S.P.Zeidler
>Release:        NetBSD 6.99.10
>Organization:
        dis-
>Environment:
System: NetBSD tucana.1st.de 6.99.10 NetBSD 6.99.10 (TUCANA) #39: Mon Jul 30 
10:01:47 CEST 2012 
root%tucana.1st.de@localhost:/home/netbsd/amd64/kernobj/TUCANA amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
        take for example:
        --- snip ---
        tucana# vnconfig â??u vnd0
        vnconfig: /dev/râ??ud: opendisk: No such file or directory
        tucana# vnconfig -u vnd0
        tucana#
        --- snip ---
        The first version was copied from the man page.

        Having synopsis, examples etc in manpages you can't actually use
        is a great way to get rid of new users and to annoy existing ones.

        .Fl needs to produce something that actually works.
        .Op Fl, too
>How-To-Repeat:
        
>Fix:
        



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