mdorion@cmtl01.UUCP (Mario Dorion) (04/17/88)
Hi!
I hope you won't mind a beginner's question! :-)
I've been downloading a few 'goodies' from comp.source.unix and most of them
come with a manual entry ('goodie'.1 or something similar). These entries
are always of the following format:
.TH GETPATHS LOCAL 6/2/86
.SH NAME
getpaths \- gather Usenet article paths
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B getpaths
My probem is: I'm still to find a formatting utilities that would print these
files the proper way! I tried nroff, mm, osdd ... there's always something
wrong with the output.
Am I missing something? Libraries or macros?
Please do not leave me in the dark!
Mario Dorion | Don't tell my mother I'm a
Frisco Bay Industries | Computer analyst,
Montreal, Canada | She thinks I'm pianist
(514) 738-7300 | In a brothel
Frisco Bay has no idea I'm doing any of this...bd@hpsemc.HP.COM (bob desinger) (04/20/88)
Mario Dorion (mdorion@cmtl01.UUCP) writes: > I've been downloading a few 'goodies' from comp.source.unix and most of them > come with a manual entry ('goodie'.1 or something similar). ... > My probem is: I'm still to find a formatting utilities that would print these > files the proper way! I tried nroff, mm, osdd ... there's always something > wrong with the output. Did you type `nroff -man goodie.1'? The "-man" part means "go read the macros for manual pages". If it looks good with nroff -man goodie.1 | more then it will probably look good on your line printer, too: nroff -man goodie.1 | lp (Use `lpr' instead of `lp' if you're running a Berkeley-based system.) If it looks horrible on your line printer, you may need to use a "-T" option to nroff, as in nroff -Tlp -man goodie.1 | lp The "lp" part might need to be something else, like "-T37" or something like that. Ask your favorite system administrator, or someone down the hall who is using the same kind of printer. Hope this helps, bob desinger
pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) (04/21/88)
Have you tried nroff -man file ??