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From: Wayne <wc_fbsd@xxiii.com>
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Subject: man pages in plain text - how to?
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Hi,

Was wondering how to get "man" to output pages in plain text?  I want 
the basic formating (indentation & whatnot) but NOT the bold and other 
special effects.  Just ascii text I can grep through.  I tried setting 
the terminal type to "dumb" and the stupid thing still tries to do 
back-space overstrike bolding (jeesh - even LA-120s had fancier print 
capabilities than that, IIRC.)

   -Thanks,  Wayne