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authorJonathan McCrohan <jmccrohan@gmail.com>2012-05-08 14:52:05 +0100
committerJonathan McCrohan <jmccrohan@gmail.com>2012-05-08 14:52:05 +0100
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.\" Internet: <info@figlet.org>
.\" Portions Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 by John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
.\" Portions Copyright 2002 by Christiaan Keet
+.\" Portions Copyright 2011 by Claudio Matsuoka
.\" FIGlet, along with the various FIGlet fonts and documentation, may
.\" be freely copied and distributed.
.\" If you use FIGlet, please send an e-mail message to
.\" <info@figlet.org>
.\"
-.TH FIGLET 6 "05 July 2005" "v2.2.2"
+.TH FIGLET 6 "12 January 2011" "v2.2.3"
.SH NAME
FIGlet \- display large characters made up of ordinary screen characters
@@ -483,8 +484,8 @@ printed out. For example,
.B FIGlet
2.2 will print
.RB `` 20200 ''
-, version 2.2.2 will print
-.RB `` 20202 ''.
+, version 2.2.1 will print
+.RB `` 20201 ''.
Similarly, version 3.7.2 would print
.RB `` 30702 ''.
These numbers are guaranteed to be
@@ -1000,7 +1001,7 @@ I suppose this is to be expected.
Please report any errors you find in this man page or the program to
<info@figlet.org>
-.SH MAILING LIST
+.SH WEBSITE AND MAILING LIST
You can get many fonts which are not in the basic
.B FIGlet
package from the Web site
@@ -1009,26 +1010,29 @@ should also contain the latest version of
.B FIGlet
and other utilities related to
.BR FIGlet .
-We run 3 e-mail lists dedicated to
-.B FIGlet
-software and font announcements, as well as general discussion about
-.BR FIGlet :
- figlet@figlet.org General discussion
- figletfonts@figlet.org Font announcements
- figletsoftware@figlet.org Software announcements
- (The last two lists are moderated)
-To subscribe or unsubscribe from the FIGlet mailing lists, please visit the corresponding URL:
- http://www.figlet.org/mailman/listinfo/figlet
- http://www.figlet.org/mailman/listinfo/figletfonts
- http://www.figlet.org/mailman/listinfo/figletsoftware
+There is a mailing list for
+.B FIGlet
+for general discussions about
+.B FIGlet
+and a place where you can ask questions or share ideas
+with other
+.B FIGlet
+users. It is also the place where we will publish
+news about new fonts, new software updates etc.
+
+To subscribe or unsubscribe from the
+.B FIGlet
+mailing list,
+please send email to figlet-subscribe@figlet.org or figlet-unsubscribe@figlet.org or visit the
+following web page: http://www.figlet.org/mailman/listinfo/figlet
.SH AUTHORS
-Glenn Chappell <c486scm@semovm.semo.edu> did most of the work.
+Glenn Chappell did most of the work.
You can e-mail him but he is not an e-mail fanatic; people who e-mail
Glenn will probably get answers, but if you e-mail his best friend:
-Ian Chai <ianchai@usa.net>, who
+Ian Chai, who
.I is
an e-mail fanatic, you'll get answers, endless conversation about the
mysteries of life, invitations to join some 473 mailing lists and a
@@ -1037,13 +1041,13 @@ free toaster. (Well, ok, maybe not the free toaster.)
Frank inspired this whole project with his .sig, but don't e-mail
him; he's decidedly an un-e-mail-fanatic.
-Gilbert "The Mad Programmer" Healton <ghealton@nmia.com> added the
+Gilbert "The Mad Programmer" Healton added the
.B \-A
option for version 2.1.1. This option specified input from
the command line; it is still allowed,
but has no effect.
-John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> added the
+John Cowan added the
.BR \-o ,
.BR \-s ,
.BR \-k ,
@@ -1057,8 +1061,13 @@ and compressed fonts
and control files.
He also revised this documentation,
with a lot of input from
-Paul Burton <solution@earthlink.net>.
+Paul Burton.
-Christiaan Keet <keet@plig.net> revised the official FIGlet documentation
+As a fan of FIGlet, Christiaan Keet revised the official FIGlet documentation
and set up the new FIGlet website at http://www.figlet.org/ (and the
corresponding ftp://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/)
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR figlist (6),
+.BR chkfont (6),
+.BR showfigfonts (6)