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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Request - catman manual pages
Date: 1 Oct 1995 17:54:18 +0100
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mapler (mapler@delphi.com) wrote:
: I would like to request the install script provide the option of installing
: catman style man pagesrather than the nroff sources as are now installed.
: They take up less space, display faster, and use a lot less memory and CPU.
: As long as the raw files are still available on the cdrom, I would be more
: than happy to just have the processed man pages. Note: I know I can create
: and populate the cat1, etc directories. It just makes sense that they should
: be the default, or at least an option.
: Thanks!
: Raymond C. Maple
: mapler@delphi.com
If you create the appropriate cat? directories, this will happen - ie.
cd /usr/share/man
mkdir cat1 cat2 cat3 cat4 cat5 cat6 cat7 cat8
If these directories don't exist (default), the formatting will be done every
time. If they do, the first time you 'man' something, it will be nroff'd into
the cat? directory. Subsequent 'man' calls will read the cat? version.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....