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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Jeff Layman   
   Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linu   
   30 Oct 25 21:33:18   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:01:53 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote:   
      
   > It worked perfectly and that pdf is *much* easier to read than a   
   > screenful of "manual" instructions in the Terminal. I've saved it   
   > for future reference.   
      
   Great. ;)   
      
   I suppose I should clarify (and break down) those cryptic-looking   
   groff(1) options at the start:   
      
       -man -- include the macros needed for laying out man pages   
       -k   -- run preconv(1) to convert any input encoding (i.e. UTF-8)   
       -t   -- invoke tbl(1), in case man page has any tables in it   
      
   I have found the latter two useful for my own man pages, which is why   
   I included them. ;)   
      
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