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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)ptx.1       6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH PTX 1 "April 29, 1985"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: ptx \- permuted index
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B ptx
        !             9: [ option ] ...
        !            10: [ input [ output ] ]
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: .I Ptx
        !            13: generates a permuted index to file
        !            14: .I input
        !            15: on file
        !            16: .I output
        !            17: (standard input and output default).
        !            18: It has three phases: the first does the permutation, generating
        !            19: one line for each keyword in an input line.
        !            20: The keyword is rotated to the front.
        !            21: The permuted file is then
        !            22: sorted.
        !            23: Finally, the sorted lines are rotated so the keyword
        !            24: comes at the middle of the page.
        !            25: .I Ptx
        !            26: produces output in the form:
        !            27: .br
        !            28: .IP
        !            29: \&.xx "tail" "before keyword" "keyword and after" "head"
        !            30: .LP
        !            31: where .xx may be an
        !            32: .I nroff
        !            33: or
        !            34: .IR troff (1)
        !            35: macro
        !            36: for user-defined formatting.
        !            37: The
        !            38: .I before keyword
        !            39: and
        !            40: .I keyword and after
        !            41: fields incorporate as much of the line as will fit
        !            42: around the keyword when it is printed at the middle of the page.
        !            43: .I Tail
        !            44: and
        !            45: .I head,
        !            46: at least one of which is an empty string "",
        !            47: are wrapped-around pieces small enough to fit
        !            48: in the unused space at the opposite end of the line.
        !            49: When original text must be discarded, `/' marks the spot.
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: The following options can be applied:
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: .BR \-f
        !            54: Fold upper and lower case letters for sorting.
        !            55: .TP 
        !            56: .BR \-t
        !            57: Prepare the output for the phototypesetter;
        !            58: the default line length is 100 characters.
        !            59: .TP 
        !            60: .BI \-w " n"
        !            61: Use the next argument,
        !            62: .I n,
        !            63: as the width of the output line.
        !            64: The default line length is 72 characters.
        !            65: .TP
        !            66: .BI \-g " n"
        !            67: Use the next argument,
        !            68: .I n,
        !            69: as the number of characters to allow for each gap
        !            70: among the four parts of the line as finally printed.
        !            71: The default gap is 3 characters.
        !            72: .TP 
        !            73: .BR \-o " only"
        !            74: Use as keywords only the words given in the \fIonly\fR file.
        !            75: .TP 
        !            76: .BR \-i " ignore"
        !            77: Do not use as keywords any words given in the
        !            78: .I
        !            79: ignore
        !            80: file.
        !            81: If the \fB\-i\fR and \fB\-o\fR options are missing, use
        !            82: .I /usr/lib/eign
        !            83: as the 
        !            84: .I
        !            85: ignore
        !            86: file.
        !            87: .TP 
        !            88: .BR \-b " break"
        !            89: Use the characters in the 
        !            90: .I
        !            91: break
        !            92: file to separate words.
        !            93: In any case, tab, newline, and space characters are always used as break characters.
        !            94: .TP
        !            95: .BR \-r
        !            96: Take any leading nonblank characters of each input line to
        !            97: be a reference identifier (as to a page or chapter)
        !            98: separate from the text of the line.
        !            99: Attach that identifier as a 5th field on each output line.
        !           100: .PP
        !           101: The index for this manual was generated using
        !           102: .I ptx.
        !           103: .SH FILES
        !           104: /usr/bin/sort
        !           105: .br
        !           106: /usr/lib/eign
        !           107: .SH BUGS
        !           108: Line length counts do not account for overstriking or
        !           109: proportional spacing.
        !           110: .br

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