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FS#79290 - [groff] Can't search for ~ or ^ in zshall manpage

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Thursday, 03 August 2023, 18:36 GMT
Last edited by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Thursday, 03 August 2023, 18:37 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Assigned
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Trying to search for ~ or ^ in the zshall manpage fails, as groff prints them using U+02DC SMALL TILDE (˜) and U+02C6 MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT (ˆ).

I suppose we need some more substitutions in our site-tmac files.
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Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 06 August 2023, 19:07 GMT
Probably any ideas?
Comment by Bryan Lai (bryango) - Monday, 07 August 2023, 12:15 GMT
I can confirm this also happens for `man git-config`. Downgrading to groff 1.22.4 resolves the issue. It may or may not be related to man-db; see: https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/issues/25. Also, one can also set `LC_CTYPE=C` as a temporary fix.

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