RE: [FLAC 1.5.0-1] Man pages use HYPHEN character instead of HYPHEN-MINUS.

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On February 5, 2026 5:20 PM John Ruckstuhl wrote:
>> This is a 2-phase problem. While you might manage to get man suppliers to
>> clean up what they release (I have serious doubts about that happening, but
>> I hope I'm wrong), that doesn't do anything about pasting from web pages,
>> documents, etc. where text is often mangled with HTML and/or Unicode
>> characters.
>>
>> A filter such as I proposed would go a long way toward making copying and
>> pasting less cumbersome. I currently have another script (I admit to being
>> script-crazed) that dumps the clipboard into a temp file that I then open
>> in Notepad so that I can clean it up before pasting it. If my proposed
>> de-gunking filter existed, I could dispense with doing this a lot of the
>> time.
>
>For inspiration, ask google "what program is used to paste without formatting",
>and see references to PureText, Pure Paste, DevComrade, and built-in
>shortcuts like Ctrl+Shift+V.

Or in mintty or similar "getclip | putclip" also removes a lot of junk.

Michael

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