Re: paper size not honored by man -t command
> troff in Debian 3.0 should honour /etc/papersize. If you have gs
> installed, try 'man -t <subject> | gs -sDEVICE=bbox -'. For A4, the last
> two numbers on the BoundingBox lines should be close to 540 and 800; for
> Letter they should be close to 540 and 750.
>
> If that test passes, then you should probably look at your printing
> configuration.
>
Yes, they are 540 and 801 - so, I need to check my configurations files
again.
>
> The -t option to lpr has pretty much nothing to do with the -t option to
> man. The former specifies what lpr takes as input, while the latter
> makes man call groff in a different way. The -t option to man isn't
> obsolete.
>
Yes, you are right - I dont know what I was doing! Looking at 'man lpr'
instead of 'man man' - I think I need to take a break!! :-)
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