Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:00:56 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing MAN pages Message-ID: <20050909140056.GA8050@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20050909073054.I3162@wonkity.com> References: <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> <4320BC57.4080006@scls.lib.wi.us> <20050908232803.GA975@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050909073054.I3162@wonkity.com>
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On 2005-09-09 07:36, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>Stijn and everyone else, any particular preference for the text that we >>add? Would something like the following be ok? >> >> -t Use ``/usr/bin/groff -S -man'' to format the manual page, >> passing the output to stdout. The default output format of >> groff(1) is Postscript, but see the manual page of groff(1) >> for ways to pick an alternate format. >> >> Depending on the selected format and the availability of >> printing devices, the output may need to be passed through >> some filter or another before being printed. > > It's like the original version in that it doesn't come right out and say > *why* it's formatting the manual page until the last word. That > information could be added to the first sentence: > > Use ``/usr/bin/groff -S -man'' to format the manual page for printing, > passing the output to stdout. My most important concerns about mentioning "printing" in the first sentence is that: a) Postscript is not only for printing. b) Some of the output formats that groff supports are *not* directly printable, i.e. DVI
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