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From: ian AT parti DOT inforum DOT org (Ian)
Subject: Re: Viewing man pages and Lynx
10 Dec 1996 00:04:38 -0800 :
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At 04:25 PM 12/9/96 GMT0, you wrote:
>Is there a Gnu package somewhere that would let me view unformatted man page 
>files, e.g. date.1?  I know I could try to port Groff but this seems 
>excessive.
>

Many of the more popular unix editors have groff-formatting modes and have
been ported to win32. For example, my 'man' command runs elvis in read-only
groff-formatting mode.

>Richard
>richardd AT cix DOT compulink DOT co DOT uk                http://www.inside-edge.co.uk/

Ian
ian AT parti DOT inforum DOT org

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