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7 <refmeta>
8 <refentrytitle>man.output.better.ps.enabled</refentrytitle>
9 <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">boolean</refmiscinfo>
10 </refmeta>
11 <refnamediv>
12 <refname>man.output.better.ps.enabled</refname>
13 <refpurpose>Enable enhanced print/PostScript output?</refpurpose>
14 </refnamediv>
15 <refsynopsisdiv>
16 <src:fragment xml:id="man.output.better.ps.enabled.frag">
17 <xsl:param name="man.output.better.ps.enabled">0</xsl:param>
18 </src:fragment>
19 </refsynopsisdiv>
20 <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
21
22 <para>If the value of the
23 <parameter>man.output.better.ps.enabled</parameter> parameter is
24 non-zero, certain markup is embedded in each generated man page
25 such that PostScript output from the <command>man -Tps</command>
26 command for that page will include a number of enhancements
27 designed to improve the quality of that output.</para>
28
29 <para>If <parameter>man.output.better.ps.enabled</parameter> is
30 zero (the default), no such markup is embedded in generated man
31 pages, and no enhancements are included in the PostScript
32 output generated from those man pages by the <command>man
33  -Tps</command> command.</para>
34
35 <warning>
36   <para>The enhancements provided by this parameter rely on
37     features that are specific to groff (GNU troff) and that are
38     not part of “classic” AT&amp;T troff or any of its
39     derivatives. Therefore, any man pages you generate with this
40     parameter enabled will be readable only on systems on which
41     the groff (GNU troff) program is installed, such as GNU/Linux
42     systems. The pages <emphasis role="bold">will not not be
43       readable on systems on with the classic troff (AT&amp;T
44       troff) command is installed</emphasis>.</para>
45 </warning>
46
47 <para>The value of this parameter only affects PostScript output
48   generated from the <command>man</command> command. It has no
49   effect on output generated using the FO backend.</para>
50
51 <tip>
52   <para>You can generate PostScript output for any man page by
53     running the following command:</para>
54   <programlisting>  man <replaceable>FOO</replaceable> -Tps > <replaceable>FOO</replaceable>.ps</programlisting>
55   <para>You can then generate PDF output by running the following
56     command:</para>
57   <programlisting>  ps2pdf <replaceable>FOO</replaceable>.ps</programlisting>
58 </tip>
59
60 </refsection>
61 </refentry>