On Wed 26 Feb 2014 11:46:32 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi jkl, > > > > man pages don't really need expressive typography. > > > > Man pages are constrained by xterm. A better display system would > > invite tables, graphs, equations, and links. > > I don't think they are. Or they didn't used to be. It was common to > see man pages with `.if n' and `.if t', with the troff presenting the > same data in better form, e.g. ASCII art versus pic(1). man pages used > to be commonly printed and high-quality output desired, screen devices > were glass TTYs, and Sun would ship printed paper man pages in folders. > I still check the PDF of a man page I alter as it shows flaws that > grotty(1) can't. > > Cheers, Ralph.
I hardly ever use "man command", nearly always do "man -t command" because I have changed /etc/man.config to have the line:- TROFF groff -Tpdf -mandoc | /usr/bin/okular - So when I issue that command the page shows up in an okular window, a much easier read, adjust zoom for comfort and great searching. Cheers Deri
