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Re: [Groff] Filtering our control characters
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Groff] Filtering our control characters |
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:02:58 +0100 (CET) |
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> I have read that the easiest way to convert
> groff output to text is to filter it using
> the col command.
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> I tried this:
> groff -man -Tlatin1 test.man | col -bx,
The right solution, mentioned already on this list, is
groff -man -Tlatin1 -Pcbu
to pass flags -c, -b, and -u to `grotty', the tty output driver for
groff, without any need for `col'.
Werner