Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!rvdp From: rvdp@cs.vu.nl (Ronald van der Pol) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Formatting manual pages Message-ID: <9593@star.cs.vu.nl> Date: 8 Apr 91 17:26:43 GMT References: <1991Apr8.113745.13555@hollie.rdg.dec.com> Sender: news@cs.vu.nl Lines: 20 moore@forty2.enet.dec.com (Paul Moore) writes: >I've recently installed some software on my system, and the manual pages appear >to be in a format that required processing by a text formatter (I assume nroff) >with commands like > .pp > .ps > etc >As I don't have any formatting tools available , do I have to live with this >unformatted style of manual entries? You need some sort of nroff. There are a couple of ways to get it: - you can buy it from your Unix supplier - you may have a look at the GNU groff packet. You need a C++ compiler to compile this one. - try the nroff that comes with MINIX. I think it is public domain (it doesn't have an explicit 'no copyright' notice) -- Ronald van der Pol