Very Computer

Please excuse the repete of this question.  I have seen it asked before
and saw two solutions, neither of which has helped.

I'm having a problem getting the man pages to ever work.  I had this
exact same problem with the first version I downloaded.  I never got
it fixed because I simply wiped everything out and started over with
the currrent version (3.1?).

The problem is that when I type man <whatever> sometimes I end up in
what looks like and editor.  If I stop the proc with control z and use
ps to see what is running i can see that the system was trying to open
the correct man page.  But sometimes when I type man <whatever> I get
an error about directories not found.  Groff is listed among those
sometimes but not always.  I have attemped to find groff in the packages
so as to try to install/reinstall it but I think I am looking for
something that isn't there.

I have looked everywhere I can think of for any info on this and can find
nothing.  So at this point I am completely lost.

Thanks
Ray

What you need to do is install the groff and one other that I can't recall
(watch the error messages for missing stuff), from the AP series.  The man pages
will then function correctly.  

If you still can't get at some of the ones you are sure are there, check that
the path is being set correctly (MANPATH) in the enviroment.

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: exact same problem with the first version I downloaded.  I never got
: it fixed because I simply wiped everything out and started over with
: the currrent version (3.1?).
: the correct man page.  But sometimes when I type man <whatever> I get
: an error about directories not found.  Groff is listed among those
: sometimes but not always.  I have attemped to find groff in the packages
: so as to try to install/reinstall it but I think I am looking for
: something that isn't there.

Groff may be in the slackware packages; what I know is that it is at
sunsite, and (if you're using redhat) there's a rpm of it at
ftp.redhat.com.  That should help.

marco

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