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1.1 root 1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
2: .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
4: .\"
5: .\" @(#)nroff.1 6.5 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
6: .\"
7: .Dd July 24, 1990
8: .Dt NROFF 1
9: .Os BSD 4.2
10: .Sh NAME
11: .Nm nroff
12: .Nd text formatting
13: .Sh SYNOPSIS
14: .Nm nroff
15: .Op option
16: \&...
17: .Op file
18: \&...
19: .Sh DESCRIPTION
20: .Nm Nroff
21: formats text in the named
22: .Ar files
23: for typewriter-like devices. See also
24: .Xr troff 1 .
25: The full capabilities of
26: .Nm nroff
27: are described in the
28: .Em Nroff/Troff User's Manual .
29: .Pp
30: If no
31: .Ar file
32: argument is present, the standard input is read.
33: An argument consisting of a single minus
34: .Fl
35: is taken to be a file name corresponding to the standard input.
36: .Pp
37: The options, which may appear in any order so long as they appear
38: .Ar before
39: the files, are:
40: .Tw Fl
41: .Tp Cx Fl o
42: .Ar list
43: .Cx
44: Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated
45: .Ar list
46: of numbers and ranges. A range
47: .Ar N\-M
48: means pages
49: .Ar N
50: through
51: .Ar M ;
52: an initial
53: .Ar \-N
54: means from the beginning to page
55: .Ar N ;
56: and a final
57: .Ar N\-
58: means from
59: .Ar N
60: to the end.
61: .Tp Cx Fl n
62: .Ar N
63: .Cx
64: Number first generated page
65: .Ar N .
66: .Tp Cx Fl s
67: .Ar N
68: .Cx
69: Stop every
70: .Ar N
71: pages.
72: .Nm Nroff
73: will halt prior to every
74: .Ar N
75: pages (default
76: .Cx Ar N
77: .Cx =1)
78: .Cx
79: to allow paper loading or changing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline.
80: .Tp Cx Fl m
81: .Ar name
82: .Cx
83: Prepend the macro file
84: .Pa /usr/share/tmac/tmac.name
85: to the input
86: .Ar files .
87: .Tp Cx Fl r
88: .Ar aN
89: .Cx
90: Set register
91: .Ar a
92: (one-character) to
93: .Ar N .
94: .Tp Fl i
95: Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
96: .Tp Fl q
97: Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the
98: .Ar rd
99: request.
100: .Tp Cx Fl T
101: .Ar name
102: .Cx
103: Prepare output for specified terminal. Known
104: .Ar names
105: are:
106: .Pp
107: .Tw Cm
108: .Tp Cm 37
109: for the Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal,
110: .Tp Cm crt
111: the default; linked to lpr and tn300, for the GE TermiNet 300 (or any
112: terminal without reverse-line or half-line capability),
113: .Tp Cm 300
114: for the DTC 300,
115: .Tp Cm 302
116: for the DTC 302S and the DTC 300S,
117: .Tp Cm 382
118: for the DTC 382,
119: .Tp Cm 450
120: for the DTC 450 and the IPSI 1622,
121: .Tp Cm 833
122: for the AJ 832/833,
123: .Tp Cm epson
124: for the Epson FX80,
125: .Tp Cm itoh
126: for the C:ITOH Prowriter
127: .Tp Cm nec
128: for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Courier-72/Manifold
129: thimble,
130: .Tp Cm nec-t
131: for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Tech-Math/Times-Roman
132: thimble,
133: .Tp Cm nec25-t
134: for the NEC-5525/7725 Spinwriter, with the Tech-Math/Times-Roman
135: thimble,
136: .Tp Cm qume
137: for the Qume Sprint 5 or 9,
138: .Tp Cm x-ecs
139: for the Xerox/Diablo 1730/630, extended character set,
140: .Tp Cm xerox
141: for the Xerox 17?0 or the Diablo 16?0.
142: Most of these also have versions for 12 pitch.
143: where did this file go? see
144: .Pa /usr/libdata/term/README
145: for more information.
146: .Tp Fl e
147: Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full terminal resolution.
148: .Tp Fl h
149: Use output tabs during horizontal spacing
150: to speed output and reduce output character count.
151: Tab settings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character widths.
152: .Tp
153: .Sh FILES
154: .Dw /usr/share/tmac/tmac.*
155: .Di L
156: .Dp Pa /tmp/ta*
157: temporary file
158: .Dp Pa /usr/share/tmac/tmac.*
159: standard macro files
160: .Dp Pa /usr/libdata/term/*
161: terminal driving tables for
162: .Nm nroff
163: .br
164: .Dp
165: .Sh SEE ALSO
166: J. F. Ossanna,
167: .Em Nroff/ Troff user's manual
168: .br
169: B. W. Kernighan,
170: .Em A TROFF Tutorial
171: .br
172: .Xr troff 1 ,
173: .Xr eqn 1 ,
174: .Xr tbl 1 ,
175: .Xr ms 7 ,
176: .Xr me 7 ,
177: .Xr man 7 ,
178: .Xr col 1
179: .Sh HISTORY
180: .Nm Nroff
181: appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
182: The version described here is
183: Version 7.
184:
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