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From: Scott Davis <SDavis AT manh DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Editor friendly man output...
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:33:17 -0400
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On most Unix systems:
man <subject> | col -b >/tmp/manpage
will create a nice editor friendly file that can be perused within your
favorite editor app.
There is no "col" command packaged with CYGWIN - is there a readily
available alternative that comes with the package?

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