man/cat pages, compressed/or not

From: Barry Bouwsma (freebsd-misuser_at_remove-NOSPAM-to-reply.NOSPAM.dyndns.dk)
Date: 07/29/04

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    Salutations, dudes.

    I've added an unsightly hack to `man' so that when it creates
    catpages from the compressed manpages, it's possible that they
    can be created uncompressed (for the benefit of older slower
    machines with newer big disks).

    But I'm wondering what's the best way to do this, if this is
    something that might be of general interest...

    (I think I also took a meatgrinder to `catman' some time back
    to get it to spit out uncompressed pages. I can't remember
    what problems I may have had, in that `man' didn't seem to
    want to use these pages, but that may be solved by my latest
    hacks.)

    There's a make.conf variable one can set to create uncompressed
    man pages; should there be something similar to decide whether
    man should create compressed or uncompressed catpages?

    Right now, I just let one define another option, which makes
    man put out uncompressed pages, in the Makefile (where the
    DO_COMPRESS is defined). Purely as a proof of concept.

    Is such an option desirable for anyone else as well?

    With this, one can have compressed manpages (to save space on
    seldom-accessed files), and uncompressed corresponding catpages
    for fast access...

    (I know, you'll tell me that if I have a big disk and a slow
    machine, there's no reason to want compressed manpages to go
    with the uncompressed catpages, so set NOMANCOMPRESS=true.)

    thanks
    barry bouwsma

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