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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Documentation on -man macro and changing pagelength in -man
Summary: Check out K&P's UNIX Programming Environment
Keywords: *roff -man macros documentation pagelength
Message-ID: <3@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 90 13:41:10 GMT
References: <3865@kitty.UUCP> <2734@anasaz.UUCP>
Reply-To: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
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Organization: IRS/CI - Technical Solutions Branch
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In article <3865@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
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| Is there documentation on the -man macros, and if so, where is it?
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	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).