Hello Eric,
On Jul 27 05:50:42, Eric Oyen wrote:
> I use OpenOffice for editing html pages. this makes editing web pages
> remarkably easy for me. Believe me, editing raw html is a real pita. so, if I
> want to properly edit a man page, I need to use something that supports DOC 7?
> that wood be n
Hi,
Anthony J. Bentley wrote on Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 07:15:07PM -0600:
> Eric Oyen writes:
>> h. that may be another method of viewing a man page, converting
>> it to a text based PDF. that is something to consider.
> mandoc supports PDF output as well.
> For example, with the following com
Eric Oyen writes:
> h. that may be another method of viewing a man page, converting it to a
> text based PDF. that is something to consider.
mandoc supports PDF output as well. For example, with the following command:
mandoc -Tpdf < /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1 > /tmp/ls.pdf
> that may be another method of viewing a man page
You can use:
man manpagename | col -b > file
to convert a page to a text file, this might be easier for you to read/edit.
Brett.
at is something to consider.
-eric
On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:14 AM, Dennis Davis wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, ropers wrote:
>
>> From: ropers
>> To: Eric Oyen
>> Cc: misc
>> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:25:14
>> Subject: Re: man page contents [was: Re: C**.o
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 19:11, Marc Espie wrote:
> I'm surprised there aren't more plugins to fix that.
>
> Especially since the link shows the actual location, encoded !
maybe try this? pretty simple, worksforme (c).
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/107272
On 27 July 2012 18:51, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:
> Eric Oyen wrote:
>> I tried the copy link option in the context menu for Safari. It should
>> have
>> given the direct link but I got that instead. sometimes, being blind can
>> be a
>> real Pain in the backside.
>
> That's not your fault, that is Go
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, ropers wrote:
> From: ropers
> To: Eric Oyen
> Cc: misc
> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:25:14
> Subject: Re: man page contents [was: Re: C**.org]
...
> Even with that, I didn't quite manage with OpenBSD (there seems to
> be no pdftex/pdflatex
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:51:46PM -0400, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:
> Eric Oyen wrote:
> > I tried the copy link option in the context menu for Safari. It
> should have
> > given the direct link but I got that instead. sometimes, being
> blind can be a
> > real Pain in the backside.
>
> That's not yo
Eric Oyen wrote:
> I tried the copy link option in the context menu for Safari. It
should have
> given the direct link but I got that instead. sometimes, being blind
can be a
> real Pain in the backside.
That's not your fault, that is Google (and everyone else) substituting
their own redirect
h! that explains a lot. now I know where to go. :)
On Jul 27, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Ted Unangst wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 15:27, ropers wrote:
>> On 27 July 2012 14:50, Eric Oyen wrote:
>>> I need to use something that supports DOC 7?
>>
>> What is DOC 7? Do you mean the Microsoft Off
I tried the copy link option in the context menu for Safari. It should have
given the direct link but I got that instead. sometimes, being blind can be a
real Pain in the backside.
I hope that was a text based pdf. the pdf app I use here (Safari) will spit a
blank page at me in voiceover if its g
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 15:27, ropers wrote:
> On 27 July 2012 14:50, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> I need to use something that supports DOC 7?
>
> What is DOC 7? Do you mean the Microsoft Office 97 binary .doc file format?
mdoc. I think his screen reader doesn't even read man references so
well.
Eric,
On 27 July 2012 14:50, Eric Oyen wrote:
> a braille API that works in Linux and all flavors of BSD:
> http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=braille+screenreader+OpenBSD&source=we
> b&cd=8&ved=0CKsEEBYwBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhal.inria.fr%2Fdocs%2F00%2F13%2F59%2F
> 46%2FTEX%2Fthibault-hinderer-icta-20
something like that.
also, you might see a few responses from my alternate email
(technomage.hawke@***.***). I need to make sure my send field is set
correctly. g.
I am not sure what application would be good for editing (or creating) man
pages such that I don't need to worry about all of tho
it was mentioned in another posting in this thread. I am not sure what uses
that specific format.
-eric
On Jul 27, 2012, at 6:27 AM, ropers wrote:
> On 27 July 2012 14:50, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> I need to use something that supports DOC 7?
>
> What is DOC 7? Do you mean the Microsoft Office 97 bin
On 27 July 2012 14:50, Eric Oyen wrote:
> I need to use something that supports DOC 7?
What is DOC 7? Do you mean the Microsoft Office 97 binary .doc file format?
I use OpenOffice for editing html pages. this makes editing web pages
remarkably easy for me. Believe me, editing raw html is a real pita. so, if I
want to properly edit a man page, I need to use something that supports DOC 7?
that wood be nice to have on my OS X system.
Here's a really funny poin
Am I right you need ASCII-like output without extra formatting (e.g.,
terminal escape codes)? Something like:
"xyz utility does the following: blah-blah. The options are as follows: -h
to make you happy. -k to kill your ex-girl's kitten. -v to make sure
everyone know what are you doing. See also m
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 17:27, Eric Oyen wrote:
> man,
> the format of that page is ugly to listen to. lots of back slashes. I noticed
> there didn't appear to be any line/returns in there (and that is
> something my
> screen reader doesn't make clear either).
It is a markup language. Is editing
man,
the format of that page is ugly to listen to. lots of back slashes. I noticed
there didn't appear to be any line/returns in there (and that is something my
screen reader doesn't make clear either).
I will have to find an online version of the man page mentioned below.
-eric
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