Re: [9fans] how up to date are the PDF doc files onplan9.bell-labs.com?

[Mohamed <tevest@gmail.com>]

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Hi All,

Can anyone please zip the docs and email them to the group?

Thanks

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 2:15 PM, hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Brian L. Stuart <blstuart@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> >> I just activated my Kindle.  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. :-)  I'll be experimenting some
> >> more.
> >
> > I've done some fiddling with the ms macros to add Kindle
> > support.  What I have is:
> >
> >  .      \" Override page/font parameters for Kindle
> >  .if '\nK'1' \{\
> >  .nr PS 7
> >  .nr VS 8
> >  .nr LL 3i
> >  .nr TL 3i
> >  .nr PD 0
> >  .nr PI 3n
> >  .nr PO 0.1i
> >  .po 0.1i
> >  .nr HM 0.1i
> >  .nr FM 0.1i
> >  .ds LH
> >  .ds CH
> >  .ds RH
> >  .ds LF
> >  .ds CF
> >  .ds RF
> >  .pl 4i
> >  .tl
> >  \}
> >  .el \{\
> >  .po 1.25i
> >  .nr PO 1.25i
> >  \}
> >
> > You activate Kindle formatting by setting the K register
> > to 1.  The biggest issue I've run into are tables and
> > figures that need the space of a larger page.  As for
> > man pages, There's already a register (s) you can set
> > to 1 to get it format for 9" pages.  That 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.
>
>

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