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10.4: Use Preview to view formatted man pages
I don't know what kind of machines you are using, but converting the man page for 'man' took about 50 seconds (and also generated the below entries in the console). The formatted pages look gorgeous, so this seems more like a good hint for how to print out a man page rather than using for ad hoc reference.
10.4: Use Preview to view formatted man pages
I also observed this behavior on my first test, but my second test (converting the man page for bash - 60 pages in Preview) was quicker (~25 sec.), and didn't print anything to the Console log.
10.4: Use Preview to view formatted man pages
I also experienced a long "Converting Postscript file to PDF" wait, but only for the first time I tried the hint. Subsequent man pages opened in a couple of seconds.
You must have some front problems or...
...something like this... It took 5-6sec to open a man page with the Preview method on my *400MHz G3* PowerBook... |
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