Printing MAN pages
Warren Block
wblock at wonkity.com
Fri Sep 9 06:36:24 PDT 2005
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.
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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