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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. ;)              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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