randyc@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Randy Campbell) (02/03/90)
Most UN*X manpages use nroff with macros defined in an "an" macro package, (hence nroff -man). If your system lacks a man command it may well lack the macros... If you have the macro package, "nroff -man 'file_name' | more | lp" will give you pretty troff-like output (your printer must be set to 66 lines per page or page breaks may be in the wrong place). If you don't have the macros, and can't get them, you may have severe difficulty getting a good-looking printout. Randy "just passing through" Campbell
charlie@milton.acs.washington.edu (Charles Geyer) (02/05/90)
In article <5450004@hpfcdc.HP.COM> randyc@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Randy Campbell) writes: > Most UN*X manpages use nroff with macros defined in an "an" macro package, > (hence nroff -man). > > If your system lacks a man command it may well lack the macros... % man 7 man should describe the macros if they are there. > If you have the macro package, "nroff -man 'file_name' | more | lp" > will give you pretty troff-like output (your printer must be set to > 66 lines per page or page breaks may be in the wrong place). Yes, and troff -man file will give actual troff output (or ptroff, or psroff, or whatever roff) that looks exactly like the manual. Note that the file is the *roff file for the actual man page, for example to print the man page for ls do % whereis ls ls: /bin/ls /usr/man/man1/ls.1 % troff -man /usr/man/man1/ls.1
root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff) (02/07/90)
In article <5450004@hpfcdc.HP.COM>, randyc@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Randy Campbell) writes: > ... > If you have the macro package, "nroff -man 'file_name' | more | lp" > ... You may want the pipe into more to view the nroff result or the pipe into lp to print it, but the combination is unlikely to give you very useful results. Thos Sumner Internet: thos@cca.ucsf.edu (The I.G.) UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf!thos BITNET: thos@ucsfcca U.S. Mail: Thos Sumner, Computer Center, Rm U-76, UCSF San Francisco, CA 94143-0704 USA I hear nothing in life is certain but death and taxes -- and they're working on death. #include <disclaimer.std>