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   nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 17:30:30 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Want to print your #Linux and #Unix manual pages? Try

   Save the PostScript version to a file:
   man -t {command} {command}|.ps
   man -t date date.ps
   file date.ps
   xdg-open date.ps

   You send the PostScript directly to default printer:
   man -t {command} | lp

   This will send date manual page to the printer named hp0:
   man -t date | lpr -Php0

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     Peter Krefting (nafmo@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 17:30:30 JST Peter Krefting

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     @nixCraft I find man pages easier to read when using the PostScript renderer than the text-mode renderer, the problem is that there are so many steps needed to get to the file you want.

     Here's my take on it, a script that opens a manual page as a PDF (pages can then be printed if wanted):
     https://www.softwolves.com/wolfblog/2024/11/19/making-man-pages-easier-to-read/

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     Peter Krefting (nafmo@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 05:57:33 JST Peter Krefting

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     • Magitian

     @magitian @nixCraft Yeah, but then it needs some other way to get rid of the temporary file, as xdg-open exits immediately.

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     Magitian (magitian@fedia.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 05:57:37 JST Magitian

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     • Peter Krefting

     @nafmo @nixCraft xdg-open would make more sense than hardcoding "evince", since it opens the default pdf reader/application.