rmccask@seas.gwu.edu (Richard Link) (06/03/91)
How do I get man pages to print in postscript? Nothing happens when I use 'man -t', so presumably I need some kind of filter. The hardware is a Sun4 and HP Laserjet III with an Adobe PostScript cartridge. Thanks in advance, Rick
brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (06/03/91)
In article <3251@sparko.gwu.edu> rmccask@seas.gwu.edu (Richard Link) writes:
<How do I get man pages to print in postscript?
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<Nothing happens when I use 'man -t', so presumably I need some
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<The hardware is a Sun4 and HP Laserjet III with an Adobe PostScript
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You need the TranScript package that Sun sells at a high price, or you can
get all of the GNU stuff (gcc, g++, groff) to do the printouts for you.
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rutgers/ decvax!nicmad/ INTERNET:vidiot!brown%astroatc@spool.cs.wisc.educlewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (06/06/91)
In article <1845@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes: >In article <3251@sparko.gwu.edu> rmccask@seas.gwu.edu (Richard Link) writes: ><How do I get man pages to print in postscript? ><Nothing happens when I use 'man -t', so presumably I need some ><kind of filter. ><The hardware is a Sun4 and HP Laserjet III with an Adobe PostScript ><cartridge. According to some e-mail I got, Richard is able to output troff to postscript now, so it's apparently a problem with the man command itself. >You need the TranScript package that Sun sells at a high price, or you can >get all of the GNU stuff (gcc, g++, groff) to do the printouts for you. Or, if you don't have the money for Transcript, or the disk space for GNU (and you need lots!), get thack (Sun 4's are usually C/A/T troff) or psroff. Psroff works quite well on Sun 4's. -- Chris Lewis, Phone: (613) 832-0541, Domain: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca UUCP: ...!cunews!latour!ecicrl!clewis; Ferret Mailing List: ferret-request@eci386; Psroff (not Adobe Transcript) enquiries: psroff-request@eci386 or Canada 416-832-0541. Psroff 3.0 in c.s.u soon!
fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) (06/07/91)
>>>>> On 5 Jun 91 19:04:05 GMT, clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) said:
Chris> Or, if you don't have the money for Transcript, or the disk space for
Chris> GNU (and you need lots!), get thack (Sun 4's are usually C/A/T troff)
Chris> or psroff. Psroff works quite well on Sun 4's.
Ah, yes, but then the GNU Troff (groff) package gives you additional
tools, especially "pic". Also, the new release of groff adheres to the
version 3 of the Document Structuring Conventions, includes a
previewer for X11, etc, etc. Groff works nicely with 2-up printing
tools, too.
True, you'll need quite a bit of disk space to compile these tools,
but once compiled they don't take up that much space.
Recommended.
/Lars
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CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | these things. -- Calvinclewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (06/08/91)
In article <FISCHER.91Jun6235823@jordan.iesd.auc.dk> fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) writes: >>>>>> On 5 Jun 91 19:04:05 GMT, clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) said: >Chris> Or, if you don't have the money for Transcript, or the disk space for >Chris> GNU (and you need lots!), get thack (Sun 4's are usually C/A/T troff) >Chris> or psroff. Psroff works quite well on Sun 4's. >Ah, yes, but then the GNU Troff (groff) package gives you additional >tools, especially "pic". So does psroff - it includes postscript arbitrary order page flippers, PK/SFP/PS font manipulation and conversion tools, has a great HP Laserjet driver which groff doesn't, can use Laserjet III builtin fonts, allows pic to work on C/A/T troff, supports psfig and pspic, and has lots of width table generation/manipulation tools - so it's easy [easier than groff] to add new fonts. >Also, the new release of groff adheres to the >version 3 of the Document Structuring Conventions, Psroff does too (I think I've fixed it). >includes a previewer for X11, Psroff doesn't need to include one because it works with the existing ones, either postscript or ditroff format. (groff has introduced a couple of changes to the ditroff intermediate file format, which I think are all disableable if you muck around with the width tables) >etc, etc. etc, etc, ;-) >Groff works nicely with 2-up printing tools, too. So does psroff - in fact, support for the n-up tool I posted in comp.sources.misc volume 16 (psnup) is built-in. >True, you'll need quite a bit of disk space to compile these tools, Heck, I don't even have enough room to unpack the thing, let alone get gcc and g++ on my machine ;-) >but once compiled they don't take up that much space. Psroff is also considerbly faster than groff. >Recommended. ditto. (but I'm biased ;-) Seriously, both groff and psroff have their places. If you don't have ditroff or C/A/T troff, or only have C/A/T troff and need to do "fancy" stuff like lots of pic or grap, or need the kerning that groff can do, then groff is by far the best solution. If you're just trying to pretty-print man pages, drive laserjets, not use pic much with C/A/T troff, don't go hog wild with 15 typefaces per line of text (only a problem with C/A/T troff), and already have a troff of some sort without suitable drivers, psroff is the way to go - groff is extreme overkill. Heck, you can even use psroff as a laserjet driver for groff. comp.sources.unix seems to becoming unclogged at last - check psroff out. [Yes, psroff makes C/A/T troff work with pic, extensible character sets, postscript inclusion and the like. It ain't pretty under the hood, but it works well. Psroff works *great* with ditroff] BTW: the original posting that led to this thread wasn't because he didn't have a troff to postscript converter, but because "man -t" didn't know about it. -- Chris Lewis, Phone: (613) 832-0541, Domain: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca UUCP: ...!cunews!latour!ecicrl!clewis; Ferret Mailing List: ferret-request@eci386; Psroff (not Adobe Transcript) enquiries: psroff-request@eci386 or Canada 416-832-0541. Psroff 3.0 in c.s.u soon!