PRINTING MAN PAGES. (from 'newbie' 17sep99)
surprise, surprise: As I am saving all your good info, for use
in Linux, I exported the msgs from Eudora, saved the meat, next
printing it using WIN98 and my LaserJet 6L ..... (using MSDOS/QEdit)
...... the ugly line showed perfectly normal on paper:
=== I PRINTED: (a line with double characters and formatting chars)
The text is horrible in Notepad. Following is via Wordpad.
# DDOOSS 66..xx WWAARRNNIINNGG
# The DOS 6.x FORMAT command looks for some information in
===
=== I GOT: (a perfectly normal line)
The text is horrible in Notepad. Following is via Wordpad.
# DOS 6.x WARNING
# The DOS 6.x FORMAT command looks for some information in
===
What will be the result when we print under WIN98 ?
MS Wordpad: It shows double characters AND the backspaces(?), in extenso.
Printed from Eudora: It shows double characters, no backspaces.
(Eudora seems to filter out the backspaces.)
concluding:
In MSDOS/QEdit it prints correctly without processing. Based on:
MAN <name> > filnam.
QEdit filnam ... from MSDOS-prompt. QEdit is an old MSDOS program.
My filesystem is FAT16 for best compatibility.
Long filenames NOT supported under MSDOS.
In WINxx/ Wordpad it prints ugly. (but: 'as is', no surprises).
In Linux I will try out the information I got via Newbie list.
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to get a ascii out of a man page, first filter out all the
format you normally find in a man-page. To do that,
$ man cfdisk |col -b > file.txt
For more details : man col
- venkat
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Thanks for all the advice:
venkat
Richard
pascal
Lawson
Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and the ones still coming (maybe).
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I adjust my 'signature' to show name and email addr. When exporting msgs
from Eudora the header (and the email addr) is not preserved.
Herman Aa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From a mountaintop on Cebu island, Philippines.
List: Direct copies (extra copy) welcome.
