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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 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     6.2 (Berkeley) 9/17/87
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH NROFF 1 "September 17, 1987"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: nroff \- text formatting
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B nroff
        !            13: [ option ] ...
        !            14: [ file ] ...
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Nroff
        !            17: formats text in the named
        !            18: .I files
        !            19: for typewriter-like devices.  See also 
        !            20: .I troff(1).
        !            21: The full capabilities of
        !            22: .I nroff
        !            23: are described in the
        !            24: .I Nroff/Troff User's Manual.
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: If no
        !            27: .I file
        !            28: argument is present, the standard input is read.
        !            29: An argument consisting of a single minus
        !            30: .RB ( \- )
        !            31: is taken to be a file name corresponding to the standard input.
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: The options, which may appear in any order so long as they appear
        !            34: .I before
        !            35: the files, are:
        !            36: .TP "\w'\f3\-m\f1name 'u"
        !            37: .BI \-o list
        !            38: Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated
        !            39: .I list
        !            40: of numbers and ranges.  A range
        !            41: .IB N \- M
        !            42: means pages
        !            43: .I N
        !            44: through
        !            45: .IR M ;
        !            46: an initial
        !            47: .I \-N
        !            48: means from the beginning to page
        !            49: .IR N ;
        !            50: and a final
        !            51: .IR N \-
        !            52: means from
        !            53: .I N
        !            54: to the end.
        !            55: .TP
        !            56: .BI \-n N
        !            57: Number first generated page
        !            58: .IR N .
        !            59: .TP
        !            60: .BI \-s N
        !            61: Stop every
        !            62: .I N
        !            63: pages.
        !            64: .I Nroff
        !            65: will halt prior to every
        !            66: .I N
        !            67: pages (default
        !            68: .IR N =1)
        !            69: to allow paper loading or changing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline.
        !            70: .TP
        !            71: .BI \-m name
        !            72: Prepend the macro file
        !            73: .BI /usr/lib/tmac/tmac. name
        !            74: to the input
        !            75: .IR files .
        !            76: .TP
        !            77: .BI \-r aN
        !            78: Set register
        !            79: .I a
        !            80: (one-character) to
        !            81: .IR N .
        !            82: .TP
        !            83: .B \-i
        !            84: Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
        !            85: .TP
        !            86: .B \-q
        !            87: Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the
        !            88: .B rd
        !            89: request.
        !            90: .TP
        !            91: .BI \-T name
        !            92: Prepare output for specified terminal.  Known \fInames\fP are:
        !            93: .PP
        !            94: .RS
        !            95: .TP
        !            96: .BR 37
        !            97: for the Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal,
        !            98: .TP
        !            99: .BR crt
        !           100: the default; linked to lpr and tn300, for the GE TermiNet 300 (or any
        !           101: terminal without reverse-line or half-line capability),
        !           102: .TP
        !           103: .BR 300
        !           104: for the DTC 300,
        !           105: .TP
        !           106: .BR 302
        !           107: for the DTC 302S and the DTC 300S,
        !           108: .TP
        !           109: .BR 382
        !           110: for the DTC 382,
        !           111: .TP
        !           112: .BR 450
        !           113: for the DTC 450 and the IPSI 1622,
        !           114: .TP
        !           115: .BR 833
        !           116: for the AJ 832/833,
        !           117: .TP
        !           118: .BR epson
        !           119: for the Epson FX80,
        !           120: .TP
        !           121: .BR itoh
        !           122: for the C:ITOH Prowriter
        !           123: .TP
        !           124: .BR nec
        !           125: for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Courier-72/Manifold
        !           126: thimble,
        !           127: .TP
        !           128: .BR nec-t
        !           129: for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Tech-Math/Times-Roman
        !           130: thimble,
        !           131: .TP
        !           132: .BR nec25-t
        !           133: for the NEC-5525/7725 Spinwriter, with the Tech-Math/Times-Roman
        !           134: thimble,
        !           135: .TP
        !           136: .BR qume
        !           137: for the Qume Sprint 5 or 9,
        !           138: .TP
        !           139: .BR x-ecs
        !           140: for the Xerox/Diablo 1730/630, extended character set,
        !           141: .TP
        !           142: .BR xerox
        !           143: for the Xerox 17?0 or the Diablo 16?0.
        !           144: 
        !           145: Most of these also have versions for 12 pitch; see
        !           146: \fI/usr/lib/term/README\fP for more information.
        !           147: .RE
        !           148: .PP
        !           149: .TP
        !           150: .B \-e
        !           151: Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full terminal resolution.
        !           152: .TP
        !           153: .B \-h
        !           154: Use output tabs during horizontal spacing
        !           155: to speed output and reduce output character count.
        !           156: Tab settings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character widths.
        !           157: .SH FILES
        !           158: .ta \w'/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*  'u
        !           159: /tmp/ta*       temporary file
        !           160: .br
        !           161: /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*   standard macro files
        !           162: .br
        !           163: /usr/lib/term/*        terminal driving tables for
        !           164: .I nroff
        !           165: .br
        !           166: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           167: J. F. Ossanna,
        !           168: .I Nroff/Troff user's manual
        !           169: .br
        !           170: B. W. Kernighan,
        !           171: .I A TROFF Tutorial
        !           172: .br
        !           173: troff(1),
        !           174: eqn(1),
        !           175: tbl(1),
        !           176: ms(7),
        !           177: me(7),
        !           178: man(7),
        !           179: col(1)

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