There was a thread a while ago about reformatting man pages for pretty
viewing and printing. I wonder if there are any similar tricks or
ideas for the info pages. I didn't want to awake that sleeping
thread, so I started this with a similar name.
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On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:05:26AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
There was a thread a while ago about reformatting man pages for pretty
viewing and printing. I wonder if there are any similar tricks or
ideas for the info pages. I didn't want to awake that sleeping
thread, so I started this
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:40:49AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:05:26AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
There was a thread a while ago about reformatting man pages for pretty
viewing and printing. I wonder if there are any similar tricks or
ideas for the info
Antonio Rodriguez([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:40:49AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:05:26AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
There was a thread a while ago about reformatting man pages for pretty
viewing and printing. I
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 03:02:04AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:40:49AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:05:26AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
There was a thread a while ago about reformatting man pages for pretty
viewing and
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 01:01:10PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
After trying different options, the nicest looking version is obtained
by processing the source texinfo file:
1. get the source from http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/coreutils/
2. unpack it, dive into doc directory
3. texi2dvi
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:51:34PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 01:01:10PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
After trying different options, the nicest looking version is obtained
by processing the source texinfo file:
1. get the source from
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 02:14:48AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:50:54AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:41:41AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
The '--pager cat' continues to be unnecessary here; $COLUMNS is still
honoured. I prefer using the
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 02:09:27AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:41:41AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:14:54PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
This actually should not work, you have to tell man(1) it should
send the formatted manpage to stdout,
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:47:35PM +, Colin Watson wrote:
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 02:14:48AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:50:54AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:41:41AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
The '--pager cat' continues to be
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 03:30:04PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:47:35PM +, Colin Watson wrote:
Make sure you have no saved cat pages and try again? (A different line
length *should* bypass cat pages, but ...)
| $ ls /var/cache/man/cat1/
| pon.1.gz
| vlock.1.gz
Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
So I will email it to my other pc.
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* Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-17 12:21]:
Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
So I will email it to my other pc.
Try man xxx | col -b text-filename
it will give you a text version of the man page.
Lou
Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
Emacs has a major mode for editing 'roff files, like man pages, if
that's what you're looking for.
I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
'man -t' will produce postscript from a man
On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 18:22, Gruessle wrote:
Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
So I will email it to my other pc.
# man -T ps command
will produce the manual page for command in postcript format. Maybe
you prefer
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:07:35PM -0500, Lou Losee wrote:
* Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-17 12:21]:
Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
So I will email it to my other pc.
Try man xxx | col -b text
* Jan Minar [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-17 16:23]:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:07:35PM -0500, Lou Losee wrote:
* Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-17 12:21]:
Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
So I
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:55:29PM -0500, Lou Losee wrote:
Try man xxx | col -b text-filename
This actually should not work, you have to tell man(1) it should send the
formatted manpage to stdout, instead of messing with the pager.
Replace `foo' with the desired program name.
$
Lou Losee wrote:
* Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-17 12:21]:
Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
So I will email it to my other pc.
Try man xxx | col -b text-filename
it will give you a text version of the man
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In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lou Losee wrote:
* Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-17 12:21]:
Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
So I will email it to my
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:26:27PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:55:29PM -0500, Lou Losee wrote:
Try man xxx | col -b text-filename
This actually should not work, you have to tell man(1) it should send the
formatted manpage to stdout, instead of messing with
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:14:54PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:07:35PM -0500, Lou Losee wrote:
* Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-17 12:21]:
Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
So I
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:14:09AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That will work for small manpages. But you will not like
what it does for big ones. Here is a better way.
1. Find the manpage source.
$ whereis bash
bash: /bin/bash /etc/bash.bashrc /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz
2.
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:41:41AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:14:54PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
Now we want the lines narrower than the default 80 characters (I guess
this won't work if man(1) is connected to the terminal, so the pipe is
vital here (that's why we
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:41:41AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:14:54PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
Try man xxx | col -b text-filename
This actually should not work, you have to tell man(1) it should send the
formatted manpage to stdout, instead of messing with the
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:50:54AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:41:41AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:14:54PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
Now we want the lines narrower than the default 80 characters (I guess
this won't work if man(1) is
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:14:54PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:07:35PM -0500, Lou Losee wrote:
* Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-17 12:21]:
Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet
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