'(manual-entry "ls") produces stuff like this: > ^[[1mNAME^[[0m > ls - list directory contents > > ^[[1mSYNOPSIS^[[0m > ^[[1mls ^[[22m[^[[4mOPTION^[[24m]... [^[[4mFILE^[[24m]... > > ^[[1mDESCRIPTION^[[0m > List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries > alphabetically if none of ^[[1m-cftuvSUX ^[[22mnor ^[[1m--sort^[[22m. which didn't happen with a non-mule 21.5-b28 build. Merely changing '--with-mule' to '--without-mule' fixes the problem. I assume that other mule users don't see this. A gander through the man.el file didn't reveal anything that I should do. Suggestions on how to get rid of those annoying escape sequences in 'manual-entry' output would be appreciated.