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 > 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. > >