Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 10:19:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Random Junk <jsd@gamespot.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how can i print man-files? Message-ID: <199704141719.KAA24439@hudsucker.gamespot.com> In-Reply-To: <199704141356.IAA27090@beowulf.utmb.edu> References: <199704141356.IAA27090@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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M. L. Dodson writes: > Try this for something a little more attractive: > > zcat <whatever the file name of the man page in gzipped format is> | \ > | tbl | groff -mandoc | lpr -P<your postscript printers name> > > You DO have ghostscript installed, don't you? And some printer definition > to handle PostScript files? how about this? man -t ls | lp works for me and is pretty easy to remember. you don't need the ghostscript package for this to work. you do need groff though. -- Jon Drukman jsd@gamespot.com SpotMedia Communications How the drunk and the maimed both are dragged forward out of the arena like a boneless Christ, one man under each arm, feet dragging, eyes on the aether. (David Foster Wallace/Infinite Jest)
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