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From: ian@ukpoit.co.uk (Ian Spare)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to print man pages nicely?
Message-ID: <1991Feb25.100525.22834@ukpoit.co.uk>
Date: 25 Feb 91 10:05:25 GMT
References: <1991Feb21.155747.12018@javelin.es.com> <1991Feb21.165558.20454@ssd.kodak.com> <1991Feb22.022650.22489@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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In article <1991Feb22.022650.22489@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> swamys@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (shankar n swamy) writes:
>In article <1991Feb21.165558.20454@ssd.kodak.com> weimer@ssd.kodak.com writes:
>>
>
>>|> I'm a bit baffled at how to get 'man' pages to typeset nicely on a
>>postscript
>>I just use:
>>
>>man <topic> | lpr
>>
>>Assuming your printer can handle the highlight control characters.
>>
>>weimer@ssd.kodak.com ( Gary Weimer)

I thought that the trick was getting a good 'terminfo' entry for the 
printer , I have done this but on an HP Laser jet.
> 
>  Also, when we are at it, is there a single command that can print
>out the entire on-line manual?
>
WOW !!! Watch out trees !!!


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