Annotation of 43BSDReno/old/vpr/man/vtroff.1, revision 1.1.1.1

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                      5: .\"    @(#)vtroff.1    6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
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                      7: .TH VTROFF 1 "April 29, 1985"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: vtroff \- troff to a raster plotter
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B vtroff
                     13: [
                     14: .B \-w
                     15: ] [
                     16: \fB\-F\fR majorfont
                     17: ] [
                     18: \fB\-123\fR minorfont
                     19: ] [
                     20: \fB\-l\fIlength\fR
                     21: ] [
                     22: .B \-x
                     23: ] troff arguments
                     24: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     25: .I Vtroff
                     26: runs
                     27: .IR troff (1)
                     28: sending its output through various programs
                     29: to produce typeset output on a raster plotter
                     30: such as a Benson-Varian or or a Versatec.
                     31: The
                     32: .B \-W
                     33: option specifies that a wide output device be used; the default
                     34: is to use a narrow device.
                     35: The
                     36: .B \-l
                     37: (lower case l) option causes the output to be split onto successive pages
                     38: every
                     39: .I length
                     40: inches rather than the default 11''.
                     41: .PP
                     42: The default font is a Hershey font.  If some other font is desired
                     43: you can give a
                     44: .B \-F
                     45: argument and then the font name.  This will place normal, italic and
                     46: bold versions of the font on positions 1, 2, and 3.
                     47: To place a font only on a single position, you can give an argument of
                     48: the form
                     49: .B \-\fIn\fR
                     50: and the minor font name.  A \fB.r\fR will be added to the minor
                     51: font name if needed.  Thus ``vtroff \-ms paper'' will set a paper
                     52: in the Hershey font, while ``vtroff \-F nonie \-ms paper''
                     53: will set the paper in the (sans serif) nonie font.
                     54: The 
                     55: .B \-x
                     56: option asks for exact simulation of photo-typesetter output.
                     57: (I.e. using the width tables for the C.A.T. photo-typesetter)
                     58: .SH FILES
                     59: .ta 2i
                     60: /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.vcat        default font mounts and bug fixes
                     61: .br
                     62: /usr/lib/fontinfo/*    fixes for other fonts
                     63: .br
                     64: /usr/lib/vfont directory containing fonts
                     65: .SH SEE ALSO
                     66: troff(1), vfont(5), vpr(1)
                     67: .SH BUGS
                     68: Since some macro packages work correctly only if the fonts
                     69: named R, I, B, and S are mounted, and since the Versatec fonts
                     70: have different widths for individual characters than the fonts
                     71: found on the typesetter, the following dodge was necessary:
                     72: If you don't use the ``.fp'' troff directive
                     73: then you get the widths of the standard typesetter fonts
                     74: suitable for shipping the output of
                     75: troff over the network to the computer center A machine for phototypesetting.
                     76: If, however, you remount the R, I, B and S fonts, then you get
                     77: the width tables for the Versatec.

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