Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!shelby!helens!baroque!jim From: jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: man -t to lpr Message-ID: Date: 14 Oct 90 02:33:15 GMT References: <5368@fs1.cam.nist.gov> Sender: news@helens.Stanford.EDU Distribution: usa Organization: Stanford University Lines: 28 In-reply-to: sims@cam.nist.gov's message of 13 Oct 90 23:29:08 GMT IF I had lp set up, man -t would give me very beautiful troff formatted man pages output to a postscript printer on the network. I don't believe it would be all THAT beautiful (unless lp(1) is smarter than I think). By the time the nroff source has been formatted into /usr/catman/*/cat1/foo.z, it has lost all the nice formatting information: bold has been converted to , emphasis has been converted to . more(1) is nice enough to display this gibberish as highlighted text on most terminals or emulators. If you want nice bold and italics in your hardcopy man pages, your best bet would probably be xeroxing pages from the hardcopy manual. ;-} However, doing so could violate the copyright notice in the manuals. SIDE NOTE: SGI's copyright notice not only forbids duplication but also calls the manuals' contents "proprietary and confidential information of SGI" and bars you from dislosing it to third parties!!!! SHHH!!!! Don't tell anyone about lp(1) ;-). Is that silly, or what? Another AT&Tism? Jim Helman Department of Applied Physics Durand 012 Stanford University FAX: (415) 725-3377 (jim@KAOS.stanford.edu) Work: (415) 723-9127 "We break windows right." ctrl-shift-f12-/