On Sunday 15 August 2004 01:16 am, Stephen Kühn wrote: > On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 15:48, Amy wrote: > > Okay, I'm still getting a hang of what I'm doing here, but I seem to be > > doing well enough that I'm mostly asking my friend/"tech support" > > stupid questions which he says can be pretty much all answered by > > reading the man pages. However, I absolutely loath reading anything of > > any length in a console window. Is there a more "user friendly" (read > > as newbie friendly) way for one to be able to read the man pages? > > > > Thanks in Advance! > > > > Amy > > I'm lazy - so generally I create a postscript file out of it - sometimes > a PDF to peruse at my disposal; > > man top | col -b > top.ps > The I can ps2pdf the document and just muck around with it as I wish. > (like ps2pdf top.ps)
I've found that man -t top > top.ps will also create a .ps file. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 8:34am up 6 days, 10:37, 2 users, load average: 0.12, 0.36, 0.33 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die. -- Oscar Wilde, "The Importance of Being Earnest" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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