From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: man under djgpp
Date:	Fri, 17 Jan 1997 18:50:02 -0800
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Eric Devolder wrote:
> 
> Hello, I'm back again.
> 
> I asked myself if it exist a version of 'man' for djgpp? otherwise, is it possible (with our without a few
> modifications of the source code) to recompile the gnu version?

Probably, but you don't need it.  The Info browser that comes with the
djgpp distribution (v2gnu/txi390b.zip) understands man pages and can
display them and even print them out if necessary.  To do this, start
Info and press Ctrl-X,Ctrl-F.  Then type in the name of the file.  To
print it out, press Alt-X, and type "print-node".  If you want to save
the man page to a plain text file, edit your 'djgpp.env' file and add a
line to the [info] section that reads as follows:

[info]
INFO_PRINT_COMMAND=%/>;INFO_PRINT_COMMAND%cat >c:\info.prn

You must have installed the GNU textutils (txt119b.zip) to get
'cat.exe'.  If not, replace "cat" in the above line with "type".  If you
want the text to go to a different file, change the name appropriately.

-- 
John M. Aldrich <fighteer AT cs DOT com>                      

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