Re: How to render Groff / troff output directly on the terminal

[Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost>]

> I am experimenting with groff and troff on NetBSD. I am able to
> generate a postscript file and view it with the following commands
> 
> groff -ms -Tps test.ms > test.ps
> gs test.ps
> 
> Is there a way to render groff / troff's output directly to the
> terminal similar to the way man outputs to the terminal?

man does the equivalent of

groff -Tascii -mandoc input | less

If you see ANSI sequences in the text, you may need less -r.

-- 
Benny