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Subject: Re: [9fans] how up to date are the PDF doc files
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On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Brian L. Stuart <blstuart@bellsouth.net> wr=
ote:
>> I just activated my Kindle.=C2=A0 I mailed myself the PDF of
>> gawk.1 (of course).
>> At fit-to-screen it's too small, but rotated and increased
>> size it's better.
>>
>> As an emergency place to keep the Plan 9 manuals, it sure
>> beats lugging
>> around all that paper. :-)=C2=A0 I'll be experimenting some
>> more.
>
> I've done some fiddling with the ms macros to add Kindle
> support. =C2=A0What I have is:
>
> =C2=A0. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0\" Override page/font parameters for Kindle
> =C2=A0.if '\nK'1' \{\
> =C2=A0.nr PS 7
> =C2=A0.nr VS 8
> =C2=A0.nr LL 3i
> =C2=A0.nr TL 3i
> =C2=A0.nr PD 0
> =C2=A0.nr PI 3n
> =C2=A0.nr PO 0.1i
> =C2=A0.po 0.1i
> =C2=A0.nr HM 0.1i
> =C2=A0.nr FM 0.1i
> =C2=A0.ds LH
> =C2=A0.ds CH
> =C2=A0.ds RH
> =C2=A0.ds LF
> =C2=A0.ds CF
> =C2=A0.ds RF
> =C2=A0.pl 4i
> =C2=A0.tl
> =C2=A0\}
> =C2=A0.el \{\
> =C2=A0.po 1.25i
> =C2=A0.nr PO 1.25i
> =C2=A0\}
>
> You activate Kindle formatting by setting the K register
> to 1. =C2=A0The biggest issue I've run into are tables and
> figures that need the space of a larger page. =C2=A0As for
> man pages, There's already a register (s) you can set
> to 1 to get it format for 9" pages. =C2=A0That does improve
> things a bit in portrait orientation scaled to fit the
> screen.
>
> Those might at least give you a good starting point.
>
> BLS
>
>

Why don't you guys just print the pdf in landscape A5 format. Should
be readable on all e-ink devices.