Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 20:02:11 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Murray <mgd@brutus.converging.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to delete bold from man pages? Message-ID: <20001002200210.M252@parish> In-Reply-To: <20001002125324.A30050@converging.net>; from mgd@brutus.converging.net on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:53:24PM -0600 References: <20001002125324.A30050@converging.net>
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On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:53:24PM -0600, Murray wrote: > I have a FreeBSD box not connected to a printer, but I would like to > print some man pages. If I send the output of a man page to a file and > then attach that file to an email, I can pop the email on a w2k box > and then print the attachment. However: spacing is preserved but the > commands for bold and highlight are not. The bold formatting character > becomes a black box followed by a duplicate character. A highlighted > character becomes _blackboxduplicatecharactercharacter. Needless to > say this is somewhat unreadable. > > Is there a way to save the man page without the bold and highlight > affect? Alternatively, is there a w2k/windoze utility that can be used > to strip unwanted characters from a file? > % man foobar | col -b > filename > thank you... > -- > Murray Davis > Converging Technology Solutions > Edmonton, AB > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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