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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