Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 22:48:03 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing MAN pages Message-ID: <20050908204803.GQ20229@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050908204628.GC38895@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509081012070.3172@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg> <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>
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--WR+jf/RUebEcofwt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 11:46:28PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-09-08 22:32, Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 07:55:19PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 07:36:46PM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > > > Highly useful to know, but shouldn't we update the man page for man= (1)? > > > > > > > > -t Use /usr/bin/groff -S -man to format the manual pa= ge, passing > > > > the output to stdout. The output from /usr/bin/gr= off -S -man > > > > may need to be passed through some filter or anoth= er before > > > > being printed. > > > > > > > > This does not exactly spell 'output postscript' to me... > > > > > > It does if you know that postscript is the default output format of > > > groff. If one doesn't know what format groff outputs by default, it= is > > > easily learned by reading the groff(1) manpage. > > > > True. I'm all in favor of a little bit more userfriendliness in man pag= es > > as long as it's not overkill though. > > > > How about: > > > > -t Generate a Postscript version of the manpage, intended for > > printing, by using /usr/bin/groff -S -man to format the manual > > page, passing the output to stdout. The output from > > /usr/bin/groff -S -man may need to be passed through some > > filter or another before being printed. > > > > That way I can do /print in less and still get some useful hint. >=20 > You all know that groff is thirdparty software, right? We have to take > this with the groff developers, if the change is ever going to be > imported in FreeBSD. Hmm, no I didn't realize that. Guess that's too much work for such a minor change :( > Having said that, I'm in favor of making manpages more useful by a > little verbosity (but not too much). Especially not too much ;-) --Stijn --=20 Help Wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply. --WR+jf/RUebEcofwt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDIKODY3r/tLQmfWcRAgpnAKCTEgCZb7mAXsZW7aQJ2qJo0y5VmgCgi1xJ 8O7ZbLpQefD5vXx6sG5a5Og= =QO5g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WR+jf/RUebEcofwt--
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