From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <201205031745.q43HjOqn004876@skeeve.com> <1336067988.76577.YahooMailClassic@web83913.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 17:12:54 -0400 Message-ID: From: Mohamed To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8fb1f47673ca4304bf28446a Subject: Re: [9fans] how up to date are the PDF doc files onplan9.bell-labs.com? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 83e0eeea-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --e89a8fb1f47673ca4304bf28446a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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. > > --e89a8fb1f47673ca4304bf28446a Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All,

Can anyone please zip the docs and email them to the group?<= br>
Thanks

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 2:15= PM, hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com> wrote:
On T= hu, May 3, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Brian L. Stuart <blstuart@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> I just activated my Kindle.=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. :-)=A0 I'll be experimenting some
>> more.
>
> I've done some fiddling with the ms macros to add Kindle
> support. =A0What I have is:
>
> =A0. =A0 =A0 =A0\" Override page/font parameters for Kindle
> =A0.if '\nK'1' \{\
> =A0.nr PS 7
> =A0.nr VS 8
> =A0.nr LL 3i
> =A0.nr TL 3i
> =A0.nr PD 0
> =A0.nr PI 3n
> =A0.nr PO 0.1i
> =A0.po 0.1i
> =A0.nr HM 0.1i
> =A0.nr FM 0.1i
> =A0.ds LH
> =A0.ds CH
> =A0.ds RH
> =A0.ds LF
> =A0.ds CF
> =A0.ds RF
> =A0.pl 4i
> =A0.tl
> =A0\}
> =A0.el \{\
> =A0.po 1.25i
> =A0.nr PO 1.25i
> =A0\}
>
> You activate Kindle formatting by setting the K register
> to 1. =A0The biggest issue I've run into are tables and
> figures that need the space of a larger page. =A0As for
> man pages, There's already a register (s) you can set
> to 1 to get it format for 9" pages. =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 forma= t. Should
be readable on all e-ink devices.


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