Is it possible to print out the aptitude manual [aptitude~>help~>user's manual] in ubuntu or debian. I just find it a pain trying to take in reading .txt just from a screen. I've got aptitude(8) from man aptitude in terminal. I was hoping it might have been transferred to a pdf somewhere. thx james
On Wednesday 28 May 2008 11:29:48 James Freer wrote:
Is it possible to print out the aptitude manual [aptitude~>help~>user's manual] in ubuntu or debian. I just find it a pain trying to take in reading .txt just from a screen. I've got aptitude(8) from man aptitude in terminal. I was hoping it might have been transferred to a pdf somewhere.
Man pages are often available in HTML format on the Web. For example, Googling for aptitude man page gave this: http://www.annodex.net/cgi-bin/man/man2html?aptitude+8 Personally, I would stick with screen reading, though. Once you've printed it you'll inevitably find that you don't need it after a few hours. Also, I, for one, wouldn't have any objections to you asking questions about aptitude (or other related stuff) here :-) Cheers, Richard -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Richard Lewis http://www.richard-lewis.me.uk/ JID: ironchicken@jabber.earth.li -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- +-------------------------------------------------------+ |Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.| |http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html | +-------------------------------------------------------+
2008/5/28 Richard Lewis <richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk>:
On Wednesday 28 May 2008 11:29:48 James Freer wrote:
Is it possible to print out the aptitude manual [aptitude~>help~>user's manual] in ubuntu or debian. I just find it a pain trying to take in reading .txt just from a screen. I've got aptitude(8) from man aptitude in terminal. I was hoping it might have been transferred to a pdf somewhere.
Man pages are often available in HTML format on the Web. For example, Googling for aptitude man page gave this:
http://www.annodex.net/cgi-bin/man/man2html?aptitude+8
Personally, I would stick with screen reading, though. Once you've printed it you'll inevitably find that you don't need it after a few hours.
Also, I, for one, wouldn't have any objections to you asking questions about aptitude (or other related stuff) here :-)
Cheers, Richard
Thanks for that link but that is the terminal~> man aptitude(8) one which i've got. I think i'll just have to screen read... i like a bit of bedtime reading! Before asking questions i like to find out as much as i can - i've had one or two RTFM. Which is a bit ignorant when you want to find out something but are unsure where to go. james
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Thanks for that link but that is the terminal~> man aptitude(8) one which i've got. I think i'll just have to screen read... i like a bit of bedtime reading! Before asking questions i like to find out as much as i can - i've had one or two RTFM. Which is a bit ignorant when you want to find out something but are unsure where to go.
If you can read the file as .txt, then you can import it (copy/paste?) into something like OpenOffice, then edit it to your satisfaction, surely? -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/
Hi, On Wed, 28 May 2008, James Freer wrote:
Is it possible to print out the aptitude manual [aptitude~>help~>user's manual] in ubuntu or debian. I just find it a pain trying to take in reading .txt just from a screen. I've got aptitude(8) from man aptitude in terminal. I was hoping it might have been transferred to a pdf somewhere.
I dont know if Gnome is as advanced as KDE, Gnome might have a feature like this so you'd have to do your own investigating. But in case this will help, or give you ideas as to where to look for solutions: You need: the man kioslave to be installed It's part of KDE proper, but dont know if you have it as *buntu seems to split KDE. In Konqueror's address bar, you'd type (for eg.) man:/bash and Konqueror will give you a nice pretty page that you can scroll and print. Hope that helps or gives you further avenues in your quest. Srdjan
On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:15:34 +0100 (BST) Srdjan Todorovic <todorovic.s@googlemail.com> allegedly wrote:
In Konqueror's address bar, you'd type (for eg.) man:/bash and Konqueror will give you a nice pretty page that you can scroll and print.
Actually man can print quite easily. Try "man -t aptitude | lpr". This will format the output and pipe to your default printer. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a Microsoft free zone. Please do not send me Microsoft Word Documents. For some reasons, see: www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html www.goldmark.org/netrants/no-word/attach.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
2008/6/1 mbm <mbm@rlogin.net>:
On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:15:34 +0100 (BST) Srdjan Todorovic <todorovic.s@googlemail.com> allegedly wrote:
In Konqueror's address bar, you'd type (for eg.) man:/bash and Konqueror will give you a nice pretty page that you can scroll and print.
Actually man can print quite easily. Try "man -t aptitude | lpr". This will format the output and pipe to your default printer.
Mick
Thanks Mick but printing out the apt(8) manual is fine. Printing out the manual in aptitude itself is a different matter - it is this that i wnated to print out as it has much more info than apt(8). james
On Wed, 28 May 2008, James Freer wrote:
Is it possible to print out the aptitude manual [aptitude~>help~>user's manual] in ubuntu or debian. [...]
I think that's the same as the file /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README which should print fairly simply. Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237
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On Wed, 28 May 2008, James Freer wrote:
Is it possible to print out the aptitude manual [aptitude~>help~>user's manual] in ubuntu or debian. [...]
I think that's the same as the file /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README which should print fairly simply.
Hope that helps,
Would this be of any use, perhaps? http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIQ9ImOZpkWR2o6LERAndbAJ9AKycQWuQwu7MFJPlQicp6NNEY9gCcDesW ICMRvevHSmg4RBZeFKmOHY4= =xsw0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
2008/6/2 Steve <steveyisatard@gmail.com>:
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MJ Ray wrote:
On Wed, 28 May 2008, James Freer wrote:
Is it possible to print out the aptitude manual [aptitude~>help~>user's manual] in ubuntu or debian. [...]
I think that's the same as the file /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README which should print fairly simply.
Hope that helps,
Would this be of any use, perhaps?
http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/
Thanks MJR and Steve Both of those will print. the /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README i thought was somewhere but couldn't find it. james
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