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#1 2009-06-27 09:38:06
- Liuuutas
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How to convert [man pages] > [LaTeX]
Hi there,
How to convert [man pages] > [LaTeX] while retaining the formating and all other stuff?
I need it so I could make then a pdf for more convenient use (especially for printing or reading).
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#2 2009-06-27 14:49:58
- skottish
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Re: How to convert [man pages] > [LaTeX]
You can easily dump man pages to a text file and keep the formatting. For example:
man grep > output
From there just wrap it in your LaTeX tags and compile.
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#3 2009-06-27 15:20:09
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Re: How to convert [man pages] > [LaTeX]
30 seconds of googling:
man -t foo_manpage | ps2pdf14 - foo_manpage.pdfps2pdf14 is in the ghostscript package.
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#4 2009-06-27 15:33:21
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Re: How to convert [man pages] > [LaTeX]
Hohoho wrote:
30 seconds of googling:
man -t foo_manpage | ps2pdf14 - foo_manpage.pdfps2pdf14 is in the ghostscript package.
That's pretty cool. Nice.
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#5 2009-06-27 15:40:38
- Liuuutas
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Re: How to convert [man pages] > [LaTeX]
Thank you for the replies.
How to convert man pages to postscript I knew. However it does not create any bookmarks in the pdf. 
That's why I asked how to convert it to LaTeX.
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