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| author | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-09-09 11:29:51 +0000 |
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| committer | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-09-09 11:29:51 +0000 |
| commit | 19c606064a06a77eb40a7a13f701c130058aa554 (patch) | |
| tree | 98a902d6c2c0e5acf671507e1f4de1c9ce444eb4 /gnu | |
| parent | f609e1ae48b25702b91f73d6ccb1cfefcf5a4d5f (diff) | |
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Expand a bit the description of the -t option.
Triggered by: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>
on freebsd-questions
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man index 839c578..9f808bf 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man @@ -184,10 +184,16 @@ This option overrides the environment variable. .It Fl t Use -.Nm %troff% +.Dq Li "%troff%" to format the manual page, passing the output to stdout. -The output from -.Nm %troff% +The default output format of +.Xr groff 1 +is Postscript, but see the manual page of +.Xr groff 1 +for ways to pick an alternate format. +.Pp +Depending on the selected format and the availability of printing +devices, the output may need to be passed through some filter or another before being printed. .It Fl w |
