Re: how to print a man page
+++ Malcolm Kay [freebsd] [29-11-03 16:14 +1030]: | On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:43, Libby Charles-CCL044 wrote: | > You could just pipe the output of man directly to lpr: | > | > man manpage |lpr | > | > This produces a great output which I use in my classes all the time. | > | | If you really think this is 'great output' then if you have a postscript | printer (or a print system accepting postscript) try: | $ man -t manpage | lpr -P PS-Printer | | and compare the difference. | | Malcolm Kay If you have konqueror, type the following in address bar #manpage Now you have HTML which you can send to printer :-) Shantanoo ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: how to print a man page
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:43, Libby Charles-CCL044 wrote: > You could just pipe the output of man directly to lpr: > > man manpage |lpr > > This produces a great output which I use in my classes all the time. > If you really think this is 'great output' then if you have a postscript printer (or a print system accepting postscript) try: $ man -t manpage | lpr -P PS-Printer and compare the difference. Malcolm Kay ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: how to print a man page
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:10, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > At Fri, 28 Nov 2003 it looks like Antoine Jacoutot composed: > > On Friday 28 November 2003 20:10, Ian Todd wrote: > > > I have installed a local printer on /dev/lp0. I want to > > > print a man page how do i do that? Will it also fit onto > > > the page? i dont need to setup the size of my page?Thanks. > > > > $ groff -Tps -man /path/to/man/page/man.1 | lpr -P PS-Printer > > Cool, never saw that method, I've used the following but of > course I end up with an extra file here unless I throw in an rm > command at the end for the file in question. > > man yourchoice | col -b > manpage.txt ; lpr yourchoice.txt > > Or the following script works, you could call it "manp.sh" > > snip > #!/bin/sh > # > echo > echo "Formatting and printing the manpage called $1 " > echo > man $1 | col -b > $1.txt ; lpr $1.txt ; rm -f $1.txt > > echo "Your manpage has been sent to the printer " > echo > > snip This restricts the quality of the output formatting to that achievable on a console. OK if you have only a primative printer but a far cry from the result achieved using Antoine's method; or more conveniently: $ man -t manpage | lpr -P PS-printer In your method the intermediate explicit file is not needed, just pipe the output direct to the printer: $ man manpage | col -b | lpr Malcolm Kay ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: how to print a man page
You could just pipe the output of man directly to lpr: man manpage |lpr This produces a great output which I use in my classes all the time. Now if you need it to be put into another document for a class for example, you can just man manpage > filename And the output is formated in text. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malcolm Kay Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 11:09 PM To: Antoine Jacoutot; Ian Todd Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to print a man page On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 05:48, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2003 20:10, Ian Todd wrote: > > I have installed a local printer on /dev/lp0. I want to print a man > > page how do i do that? Will it also fit onto the page? i dont need > > to setup the size of my page?Thanks. > > $ groff -Tps -man /path/to/man/page/man.1 | lpr -P PS-Printer > This is making hard work of it. You need to first find the path to the man page; but man itself is capable of preparing a PS output: $ man -t manpage | lpr -P PS-Printer Malcolm Kay ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: how to print a man page
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 05:48, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2003 20:10, Ian Todd wrote: > > I have installed a local printer on /dev/lp0. I want to > > print a man page how do i do that? Will it also fit onto > > the page? i dont need to setup the size of my page?Thanks. > > $ groff -Tps -man /path/to/man/page/man.1 | lpr -P PS-Printer > This is making hard work of it. You need to first find the path to the man page; but man itself is capable of preparing a PS output: $ man -t manpage | lpr -P PS-Printer Malcolm Kay ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: how to print a man page
At Fri, 28 Nov 2003 it looks like Antoine Jacoutot composed: > On Friday 28 November 2003 20:10, Ian Todd wrote: > > I have installed a local printer on /dev/lp0. I want to > > print a man page how do i do that? Will it also fit onto > > the page? i dont need to setup the size of my page?Thanks. > > $ groff -Tps -man /path/to/man/page/man.1 | lpr -P PS-Printer > Cool, never saw that method, I've used the following but of course I end up with an extra file here unless I throw in an rm command at the end for the file in question. man yourchoice | col -b > manpage.txt ; lpr yourchoice.txt Or the following script works, you could call it "manp.sh" snip #!/bin/sh # echo echo "Formatting and printing the manpage called $1 " echo man $1 | col -b > $1.txt ; lpr $1.txt ; rm -f $1.txt echo "Your manpage has been sent to the printer " echo snip ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: how to print a man page
On Friday 28 November 2003 20:10, Ian Todd wrote: > I have installed a local printer on /dev/lp0. I want to > print a man page how do i do that? Will it also fit onto > the page? i dont need to setup the size of my page?Thanks. $ groff -Tps -man /path/to/man/page/man.1 | lpr -P PS-Printer Antoine ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
how to print a man page
Hi I have installed a local printer on /dev/lp0. I want to print a man page how do i do that? Will it also fit onto the page? i dont need to setup the size of my page?Thanks. Regards Ian ___ Look Good, Feel Good www.healthiest.co.za ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
