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troff -man /sys/man/1/cat | page

troff -man /sys/man/1/cat | lp -dPrinter

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I've been writing a man page and wanted to see how it looks
when formatted with troff and printed, so I tried:
troff -man <file> | dpost | lp
only to find that the printout was extremely ugly. Words seem
to have run together in some very strange ways; if I had a scanner
handy I could show what I mean. Anyway, the same thing happens
when I do:
troff -man /sys/man/1/cat | dpost | lp
but not when I do:
troff -ms /sys/doc/asm.ms | dpost | lp

Am I missing something simple and fundamental, or is troff/dpost
just broken?


John
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