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<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>man.output.better.ps.enabled</refentrytitle>

<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">boolean</refmiscinfo>

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<refnamediv>

<refname>man.output.better.ps.enabled</refname>

<refpurpose>Enable enhanced print/PostScript output?</refpurpose>

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<xsl:param name="man.output.better.ps.enabled">0</xsl:param>

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<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&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&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>

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