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6 bookman - Generate a book from man pages
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9 bookman [-pPxn] [-o outfile] [-a author] [-d date] [-r release]
10 [-t title] [-v volume] [-c coverfile] [manfile]
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13 bookman compiles a set of man pages files specified by manfile argu‐
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18 -p PDF output format.
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20 -P Postscript output format.
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22 -x X11 previewing, using gxditview(1).
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24 -n no format, output is direct gtroff intermediate format.
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27 Output in file outfile. Default is standard output.
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30 Set the author, on the cover page.
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36 Set the book name and release on the cover page.
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45 Uses the file coverfile to generate the cover page, i.e. all
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62 man(1), mandoc(7), groff_ms(7), groff(1), troff(1), grops(1),
63 gxditview(1), ps2pdf(1).
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