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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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