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This article is from the Apple II GNO FAQ, by Devin Reade with numerous contributions by others.

3.7: Man(3) is too slow when formatting pages. Can I speed it up?

    A#3.7:	Actually, it's not man(3), but nroff(3) which is slow.  Nroff
is in desperate need of an update, not only for speed but for
functionality.

In the interim, however, you can get a faster response from man
at the cost of using more disk space by preformatting your man
pages.  See catman(8).
    

 

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