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+<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+          xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+          xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
+          xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+          version="5.0" xml:id="man.output.better.ps.enabled">
+<refmeta>
+<refentrytitle>man.output.better.ps.enabled</refentrytitle>
+<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">boolean</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+<refnamediv>
+<refname>man.output.better.ps.enabled</refname>
+<refpurpose>Enable enhanced print/PostScript output?</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+<src:fragment xml:id="man.output.better.ps.enabled.frag">
+<xsl:param name="man.output.better.ps.enabled">0</xsl:param>
+</src:fragment>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
+
+<para>If the value of the
+<parameter>man.output.better.ps.enabled</parameter> parameter is
+non-zero, certain markup is embedded in each generated man page
+such that PostScript output from the <command>man -Tps</command>
+command for that page will include a number of enhancements
+designed to improve the quality of that output.</para>
+
+<para>If <parameter>man.output.better.ps.enabled</parameter> is
+zero (the default), no such markup is embedded in generated man
+pages, and no enhancements are included in the PostScript
+output generated from those man pages by the <command>man
+ -Tps</command> command.</para>
+
+<warning>
+  <para>The enhancements provided by this parameter rely on
+    features that are specific to groff (GNU troff) and that are
+    not part of “classic” AT&amp;T troff or any of its
+    derivatives. Therefore, any man pages you generate with this
+    parameter enabled will be readable only on systems on which
+    the groff (GNU troff) program is installed, such as GNU/Linux
+    systems. The pages <emphasis role="bold">will not not be
+      readable on systems on with the classic troff (AT&amp;T
+      troff) command is installed</emphasis>.</para>
+</warning>
+
+<para>The value of this parameter only affects PostScript output
+  generated from the <command>man</command> command. It has no
+  effect on output generated using the FO backend.</para>
+
+<tip>
+  <para>You can generate PostScript output for any man page by
+    running the following command:</para>
+  <programlisting>  man <replaceable>FOO</replaceable> -Tps > <replaceable>FOO</replaceable>.ps</programlisting>
+  <para>You can then generate PDF output by running the following
+    command:</para>
+  <programlisting>  ps2pdf <replaceable>FOO</replaceable>.ps</programlisting>
+</tip>
+
+</refsection>
+</refentry>