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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)tc.1        6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH TC 1 "April 29, 1985"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: tc \- photoypesetter simulator
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B tc
        !             9: [
        !            10: .B \-t
        !            11: ]
        !            12: [
        !            13: .B \-s\c
        !            14: N
        !            15: ]
        !            16: [
        !            17: .B \-p\c
        !            18: L
        !            19: ]
        !            20: [
        !            21: file
        !            22: ]
        !            23: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            24: .I Tc
        !            25: interprets its
        !            26: input (standard input default)
        !            27: as device codes for a Graphic Systems phototypesetter (cat).
        !            28: The standard output of
        !            29: .I tc
        !            30: is intended for a Tektronix 4015 (a 4014 terminal
        !            31: with ASCII and APL character sets).
        !            32: The sixteen typesetter sizes are mapped into the 4014's
        !            33: four sizes;
        !            34: the entire TROFF character set is drawn using the 4014's
        !            35: character generator,
        !            36: using overstruck combinations where necessary.
        !            37: Typical usage:
        !            38: .IP "" 15
        !            39: troff \-t file | tc
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: At the end of each page
        !            42: .I tc
        !            43: waits for a newline (empty line) from the keyboard before
        !            44: continuing on to the next page.
        !            45: In this wait state, the command
        !            46: .B e
        !            47: will suppress the screen erase before the next page;
        !            48: .B s\c
        !            49: N will cause the next N pages to be skipped;
        !            50: and
        !            51: .B !\c
        !            52: line will send line to the shell.
        !            53: .PP
        !            54: The command line options are:
        !            55: .TP
        !            56: .B  \-t
        !            57: Don't wait between pages; for directing output into a file.
        !            58: .TP 
        !            59: .BR \-s N
        !            60: Skip the first N pages.
        !            61: .TP 
        !            62: .BR \-p L
        !            63: Set page length to L.
        !            64: L may include the scale factors
        !            65: .B p
        !            66: (points),
        !            67: .B i
        !            68: (inches),
        !            69: .B c
        !            70: (centimeters),
        !            71: and
        !            72: .B P
        !            73: (picas);
        !            74: default is picas.
        !            75: .TP
        !            76: .BI \(fm\- l\ w \(fm
        !            77: Multiply the default aspect ratio, 1.5, of a displayed page
        !            78: by
        !            79: .I l/w.
        !            80: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            81: troff(1),
        !            82: plot(1G)
        !            83: .SH BUGS
        !            84: Font distinctions are lost.
        !            85: .br
        !            86: .IR tc 's
        !            87: character set is limited to ASCII in just one size.
        !            88: .br
        !            89: The aspect ratio option is unbelievable.

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