On Thursday 23 October 2008 1:33:48 am Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:14:10 -0200, Gonzalo Nemmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Amm ... could you share it with us? > > Please, please, please??? > > > > :D > > In basic (not in BASIC) it consists the same commands that Warren > posted. It's a simple two line script without significant error > checking, and of course coded in an ugly way (as it is used to scare > people off the command line): > > #!/bin/sh > [ $# != 0 ] && ( zcat `man -w [EMAIL PROTECTED] | groff -Tps -dpaper=a4 > -P-pa4 -mandoc | > ps2pdf - /tmp/man.pdf && gv /tmp/man.pdf && rm /tmp/man.pdf ) > > By the way, it's called ~/bin/pdfman here now, because man2pdf > would suggest that it takes a manpage as input and gives a PDF > file as output, but it doesn't - it's used just like man, but > produces and displays (!) the manpage file right away, giving > the user the choice to view and / or to print it (from within > the viewer); I chose gv, but you can use xpdf, KDE's or Gnome's > default PDF viewer or the thing from Acrobat, if you like. > Afterwards, the PDF file, stored temporarily, is deleted. > > One of its disadvantages is that you cannot search within the PDF > file such as you can from within man's default pager less, using > the / key.
Your rule too :D Will try to make a perl version of it (just for fun and because I like perl a lot .. hate me if you so desire .. I know I desereve it :) ) and post it as soon as it works ok :) Thanks a lot for your support Polytropon :) PS: now we have pdf man pages in A4 format :D :D :D Best regards -- Blessings Gonzalo Nemmi _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
