Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 14:36:19 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Teterin <mteterin@250-217.customer.cloud9.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/61033: a new tip -- how to print manual pages Message-ID: <200401071936.i07JaJrY089685@250-217.customer.cloud9.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200401071940.i07JeFBV043120@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 61033 >Category: docs >Synopsis: a new tip -- how to print manual pages >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jan 07 11:40:15 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mikhail Teterin >Release: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT i386 >Organization: Virtual Estates, Inc. >Environment: System: FreeBSD mi.us.murex.com 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #2: Tue Dec 9 16:40:04 EST 2003 root@mi.us.murex.com:/misha/obj/misha/src/sys/Misha-g i386 >Description: man(1) is could stress this out better: ``man -t <topic>'' will produce a neat PostScript rendering of <topic>'s manual page... The tip could be useful for someone starting with FreeBSD (or Unix) and wanting to print out manual pages for reference. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Index: freebsd-tips =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips,v retrieving revision 1.31 diff -U2 -r1.31 freebsd-tips --- freebsd-tips 2 Aug 2003 20:36:28 -0000 1.31 +++ freebsd-tips 7 Jan 2004 19:32:18 -0000 @@ -495,2 +495,9 @@ sed -i '' s/e/o/g foo +% +To obtain a neat PostScript rendering of a manual page, use ``-t'' switch +of the man(1) utility: ``man -t <topic>''. For example: + + man -t grep > grep.ps # Save the PostScript version to a file +or + man -t printf | lp # Send the PostScript directly to printer >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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