#!/bin/sh # ############################################################################### # # Wrapper for GNU groff to convert man pages to a few formats # # Usage: manconv.sh FORMAT [PAPER_SIZE] < in.1 > out.suffix # # FORMAT can be ascii, utf8, ps, or pdf. PAPER_SIZE can be anything that # groff accepts, e.g. a4 or letter. See groff_font(5). PAPER_SIZE defaults # to a4 and is used only when FORMAT is ps (PostScript) or pdf. # # Multiple man pages can be given at once e.g. to create a single PDF file # with continuous page numbering. # ############################################################################### # # Author: Lasse Collin # # This file has been put into the public domain. # You can do whatever you want with this file. # ############################################################################### FORMAT=$1 PAPER=${2-a4} # Make PostScript and PDF output more readable: # - Use 11 pt font instead of the default 10 pt. # - Use larger paragraph spacing than the default 0.4v (man(7) only). FONT=11 PD=0.8 SED_PD=" /^\\.TH /s/\$/\\ .PD $PD/ s/^\\.PD\$/.PD $PD/" case $FORMAT in ascii) groff -t -mandoc -Tascii | col -bx ;; utf8) groff -t -mandoc -Tutf8 | col -bx ;; ps) sed "$SED_PD" | groff -dpaper=$PAPER -t -mandoc \ -rC1 -rS$FONT -Tps -P-p$PAPER ;; pdf) sed "$SED_PD" | groff -dpaper=$PAPER -t -mandoc \ -rC1 -rS$FONT -Tps -P-p$PAPER | ps2pdf - - ;; *) echo 'Invalid arguments' >&2 exit 1 ;; esac |