On 1/16/06 at +1100 Shane Stanley said this >> How can I capture the information in the manual to a text >> document? Simply? > >Put this in your Script menu: > >set theResult to (display dialog "Command to man:" default answer "") >do shell script ("man -t " & (text returned of theResult) ¬ > & " | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app") Or download and install ManOpen. <http://www.clindberg.org/projects/ManOpen.html> JBS -- The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. - Thomas Jefferson