larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) (07/19/90)
I have been writing manual pages in *roff using the -man macro
for years without any difficulty. For the first time I have had the
occasion to want to change the pagelength from something other than
the default 66 lines. This seemed like a simple enough matter, so I
figured I would try to set a command line register in the form of
-rLk as used by the -mm macros. No joy. So I take a look at the
macro code in /usr/lib/macros/an and it *seems* to me that .pl is
being set to the value in the L register. I am rather rusty in reading
and comprehending *roff macro code, so I an not 100% certain of what
is happening here. So, I figure I'll edit the man file that I am
writing and just set .pl manually. Still no joy.
This is getting frustrating, so I figure I try to find the
documentation on the -man macros. Actually, I don't ever remember
seeing any, but I figure it has to be there somewhere. Well, we
have *roff documentation from AT&T, NCR Towers, UniSoft Uniplus+,
and Intel XENIX. So I laboriously look through it all, and can find
nothing.
So, here are my questions which I hope some kind soul more
knowledgable than I can answer:
1. Is there documentation on the -man macros, and if so, where
is it?
2. How do I set the page length using -man to something other
than 66 lines?
Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp. "Have you hugged your cat today?"
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VOICE: 716/688-1231 || FAX: 716/741-9635 {utzoo||uunet}!/ \aerion!larryjac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) (07/19/90)
larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) > For the first time I have had the > occasion to want to change the pagelength from something other than > the default 66 lines. [...] > So, I figure I'll edit the man file that I am > writing and just set .pl manually. Still no joy. [...] > How do I set the page length using -man to something other than 66 lines? Ummmm, I just tried inserting ".pl 3.0i" at the beginning of the adb man page (first one I found). Sure enough, nroff produced output for a page 3.0 inches long. > Is there documentation on the -man macros, and if so, where is it? "man 7 man" should give you what you want. Jonathan A. Chandross Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac
larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) (07/19/90)
In article <Jul.18.23.13.17.1990.13323@paul.rutgers.edu>, jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) writes: > > larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) > > For the first time I have had the > > occasion to want to change the pagelength from something other than > > the default 66 lines. [...] > > So, I figure I'll edit the man file that I am > > writing and just set .pl manually. Still no joy. [...] > > How do I set the page length using -man to something other than 66 lines? > > Ummmm, I just tried inserting ".pl 3.0i" at the beginning of the > adb man page (first one I found). Sure enough, nroff produced > output for a page 3.0 inches long. I tried it again. Independently. This does NOT work, and I simply do not know why. I used nroff, but this does not work with troff, either. I took a look at the /usr/lib/macros/an file header, and it says version 1.37, 12/19/80. The particular machine I want to run this on is a 3B2/400 running SVR3.2. The DWB we are using is from 1986, but everything else works *fine*, so there has never been a need to install any newer version. We use newer troff postprocessors, but the problem is obviously not there since this won't work on simple nroff output directed to a file for examination. Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp. "Have you hugged your cat today?" {boulder||decvax||rutgers||watmath}!acsu.buffalo.edu!kitty!larry VOICE: 716/688-1231 || FAX: 716/741-9635 {utzoo||uunet}!/ \aerion!larry
ptb@ittc.wec.com (Pat Broderick) (07/20/90)
In article <3865@kitty.UUCP>, larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes: > > I have been writing manual pages in *roff using the -man macro > .... > writing and just set .pl manually. Still no joy. > I had the same problem a long time ago and solved it by putting a .pl in the *roff file AFTER the .TH which defines title, etc. From what I remember I believe .TH arbitrarily set page length to 66. BTW if you ever find useful documentation I'd like to know. Patrick T. Broderick |ptb@ittc.wec.com | |uunet!ittc!ptb | |(412)733-6265 | -- Patrick T. Broderick |ptb@ittc.wec.com | |uunet!ittc!ptb | |(412)733-6265 |
chad@anasaz.UUCP (Chad R. Larson) (07/20/90)
In article <3865@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes: +--------------- | Is there documentation on the -man macros, and if so, where is it? +--------------- Well, on our Pyramids there is an on-line manual page for the "man" macro set, under section 5. That is: "man 5 man" tells you all you'd want to know. That also works on our NCR tower 32/600 that is running the NCR supplied SysVr3. Did you miss something, or am I just lucky? -- Chad R. Larson ...{mcdphx,asuvax}!anasaz!chad or chad@anasaz.UUCP Anasazi, Inc. - 7500 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Suite 120, Phoenix, Az 85020 (602) 870-3330 "I read the news today, oh boy!" -- John Lennon
kevin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Kevin Klop) (07/22/90)
In article <2734@anasaz.UUCP> chad@anasaz.UUCP (Chad R. Larson) writes: >In article <3865@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes: >+--------------- >| Is there documentation on the -man macros, and if so, where is it? >+--------------- >Well, on our Pyramids there is an on-line manual page for the "man" >macro set, under section 5. That is: "man 5 man" tells you all you'd >want to know. That also works on our NCR tower 32/600 that is running >the NCR supplied SysVr3. Did you miss something, or am I just lucky? > >-- >Chad R. Larson ...{mcdphx,asuvax}!anasaz!chad or chad@anasaz.UUCP >Anasazi, Inc. - 7500 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Suite 120, Phoenix, Az 85020 >(602) 870-3330 "I read the news today, oh boy!" -- John Lennon On the DEC ULTRIX, and the SUNs here at work, it's: man 7 man -- Kevin --
shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) (07/23/90)
In article <3865@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes: +--------------- | Is there documentation on the -man macros, and if so, where is it? +--------------- Kernigan and Pike's _The_UNIX_Programming_Environment_ contains a nice section (9.4) on -man macros. It's a lot more usable than the man page (itself, not available on all systems).