Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 19:30:27 +0300 From: laskavy@gambit.msk.su To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Add to FAQ? How to produce an ASCII man page? Message-ID: <199803181630.TAA25999@Peru.gambit.msk.su>
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Dear documentation project members! I think man TOPIC | col -b > TOPIC.man.ascii is a FAQ People are moving from their DOS/Windows and for the first time they are reading UNIX man pages in their old systems. Laskavy@#UNIX (Undernet) >Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 23:25:13 -0600 >From: John-David Childs <jdc@nterprise.net> >To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Saving a man page to a text file >Message-ID: <19971010232513.46633@denver.net> >In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971009214358.27017B-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>; >from Annelise Anderson on Thu, Oct 09, 1997 at 09:46:09PM -0700 >References: <19971009194037.43482@denver.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971009214358.270 >17B-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> >On Thursday October 9, 1997, Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> > had this to say about "Re: Saving a man page to a text file": > >> >> >> >> man xxx | col -b > xxx.txt >> >> works for me....try it, if it doesn't work let me know, 'cause >> I've got it in the guide for newusers. >> >> Annelise >> > >Works great! > > >-- >John-David Childs (JC612) Enterprise Internet Solutions >System Administrator @denver.net/Internet-Coach/@ronan.net > & Network Engineer 1031 S. Parker Rd. #I-8 Denver, CO 80231 >As of this^H^H^H^H next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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