Re: viewing files with a .me extention...

["W. L. Estes" <wlestes@hamlet.uncg.edu>]

On Sat, 14 Jun 1997, REDTHUNDER wrote:

> not have.  At least when I try to run ghostview it says, not running in a
> graphical enviornment.  I tried to use the less program to read the op.me
> file.  It seemed to work, but then a hole lot of codes seemed to be coming
> up, kind of like when you try to read a source html file with a text
> editor.  I have never seen the .me extention before..  Is it short for
> something?  What am I missing or need to view this document in an
> intelligible format?

if you have groff, which i assume you do, try something like this:

groff -Tascii -s -me op.me |less

to read it with less. the .me is the extention given to files written
with the -me macro package. (this is troff source, commonly bemoaned
as unreadable except by the elect.)

groff is the GNU front end for *roff formatted documents. (i think the
* has values t,n.) the -Tascii makes groff format for an ascii device
(your terminal), the -me says to use the -me macros and the -s does
something or other which you may or not need so just be safe and put
it in. if you have a file with the .man extention and see the same
sort of gibberish (or code, depending on your point of view)
substitute -man for -me.

hth,
--will

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