From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 14:01:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB1F916A420 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 14:01:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B35543D73 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 14:00:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) by aiolos.otenet.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-1) with SMTP id j89E0v3g004379; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:00:57 +0300 Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (orion [127.0.0.1]) by orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j89E0vvT008164; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:00:57 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j89E0uNW008163; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:00:56 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) X-Authentication-Warning: orion.daedalusnetworks.priv: keramida set sender to keramida@ceid.upatras.gr using -f Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:00:56 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20050909140056.GA8050@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <43206857.1010803@daleco.biz> <20050908165328.GB37407@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050908173646.GO20229@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20050908175519.GA20222@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <20050908203203.GP20229@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20050908204628.GC38895@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050908204803.GQ20229@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <4320BC57.4080006@scls.lib.wi.us> <20050908232803.GA975@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050909073054.I3162@wonkity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050909073054.I3162@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Printing MAN pages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:01:08 -0000 On 2005-09-09 07:36, Warren Block wrote: >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. My most important concerns about mentioning "printing" in the first sentence is that: a) Postscript is not only for printing. b) Some of the output formats that groff supports are *not* directly printable, i.e. DVI