From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 8 14:59:12 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 14:59:08 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from lolita.speakeasy.net (lolita.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 911E937B6AA for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:57:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 18750 invoked from network); 8 Dec 2000 22:52:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gonzo.speakeasy.net) (192.168.0.5) by 192.168.0.13 with SMTP; 8 Dec 2000 22:52:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 13002 invoked from network); 8 Dec 2000 22:57:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dsl081-020-229-sea1.dsl-isp.net) (64.81.20.229) by gonzo.speakeasy.net with SMTP; 8 Dec 2000 22:57:07 -0000 Received: (from tomdean@localhost) by dsl081-020-229-sea1.dsl-isp.net (8.11.1/8.9.3) id eB8Mv6G02715; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:57:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tomdean@speakeasy.org) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:57:06 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200012082257.eB8Mv6G02715@dsl081-020-229-sea1.dsl-isp.net> X-Authentication-Warning: dsl081-020-229-sea1.dsl-isp.net: tomdean set sender to tomdean@speakeasy.org using -f From: "Thomas D. Dean" To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Problem With Man Formatting Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Since a 12/6 cvsup and 'make world', I notice a problem with the output of man. The output consists of one block of justified text. The headers, etc., are missing. Have I missed something? tomdean # man man formats and displays the on-line manual pages. This version knows about the and environment variables, so you can have your own set(s) of personal man pages and choose whatever program you like to display the formatted pages. If section is specified, man only looks in that section of the manual. You may also spec- ify the order to search the sections for entries and which pre- processors to run on the source files via command line options or ... sor before nroff. If is set, its value is used to determine which manual sections to search. If is set, its value is used as the name of the program to use to display the man page. By default, is used. Normally, to look at the relevant manpage information for getopt, one would use: However, when referring to a specific section of the manual, such as one would use: The option only works if a troff-like program is installed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message