Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:33:59 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing MAN pages Message-ID: <4320BC57.4080006@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <20050908204803.GQ20229@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509081012070.3172@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg> <43206857.1010803@daleco.biz> <20050908165328.GB37407@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050908173646.GO20229@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20050908175519.GA20222@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <20050908203203.GP20229@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20050908204628.GC38895@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050908204803.GQ20229@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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Stijn Hoop wrote: [snip... sorry about the attributions] >>> >>>How about: >>> >>> -t Generate a Postscript version of the manpage, intended for >>> printing, by using /usr/bin/groff -S -man to format the manual >>> page, passing the output to stdout. The output from >>> /usr/bin/groff -S -man may need to be passed through some >>> filter or another before being printed. >>> >>>That way I can do /print in less and still get some useful hint. >> >>You all know that groff is thirdparty software, right? We have to take >>this with the groff developers, if the change is ever going to be >>imported in FreeBSD. > > > Hmm, no I didn't realize that. Guess that's too much work for such a minor > change :( Except that (if I read the thread right) the proposed change is actually to the man page for man, not the man page for groff. ;) Might suffer similar "ownership" and maintenance issues, but I doubt it. If man's not part of the native BSD core, what is? -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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