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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)troff.1     6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH TROFF 1 "April 29, 1985"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: troff, nroff \- text formatting and typesetting
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B troff
        !             9: [ option ] ...
        !            10: [ file ] ...
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: .B nroff
        !            13: [ option ] ...
        !            14: [ file ] ...
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Troff
        !            17: formats text in the named
        !            18: .I files
        !            19: for printing on a Graphic Systems C/A/T phototypesetter;
        !            20: .I nroff
        !            21: is used for for typewriter-like devices.
        !            22: Their capabilities are described in the
        !            23: .I Nroff/Troff user's manual.
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: If no
        !            26: .I file
        !            27: argument is present, the standard input is read.
        !            28: An argument consisting of a single minus
        !            29: .RB ( \- )
        !            30: is taken to be a file name corresponding to the standard input.
        !            31: The options, which may appear in any order so long as they appear
        !            32: before the files, are:
        !            33: .TP "\w'\f3\-m\f1name 'u"
        !            34: .BI \-o list
        !            35: Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated
        !            36: .I list
        !            37: of numbers and ranges.
        !            38: A range
        !            39: .IB N \- M
        !            40: means pages
        !            41: .I N
        !            42: through
        !            43: .IR M ;
        !            44: an initial
        !            45: .I \-N
        !            46: means from the beginning to page
        !            47: .IR N ;
        !            48: and a final
        !            49: .IR N \-
        !            50: means from
        !            51: .I N
        !            52: to the end.
        !            53: .TP
        !            54: .BI \-n N
        !            55: Number first generated page
        !            56: .IR N .
        !            57: .TP
        !            58: .BI \-s N
        !            59: Stop every
        !            60: .I N
        !            61: pages.
        !            62: .I Nroff
        !            63: will halt prior to every
        !            64: .I N
        !            65: pages (default
        !            66: .IR N =1)
        !            67: to allow paper loading or changing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline.
        !            68: .I Troff
        !            69: will stop the phototypesetter every
        !            70: .I N
        !            71: pages, produce a trailer to allow changing cassettes,
        !            72: and resume when the typesetter's start button is pressed.
        !            73: .TP
        !            74: .BI \-m name
        !            75: Prepend the macro file
        !            76: .BI /usr/lib/tmac/tmac. name
        !            77: to the input
        !            78: .IR files .
        !            79: .TP
        !            80: .BI \-r aN
        !            81: Set register
        !            82: .I a
        !            83: (one-character) to
        !            84: .IR N .
        !            85: .TP
        !            86: .B \-i
        !            87: Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
        !            88: .TP
        !            89: .B \-q
        !            90: Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the
        !            91: .B rd
        !            92: request.
        !            93: .HP
        !            94: .bd I 3
        !            95: .I Troff only
        !            96: .br
        !            97: .bd I
        !            98: .TP
        !            99: .B \-t
        !           100: Direct output to the standard output instead of the phototypesetter.
        !           101: .TP
        !           102: .B \-f
        !           103: Refrain from feeding out paper and stopping
        !           104: phototypesetter at the end of the run.
        !           105: .TP
        !           106: .B \-w
        !           107: Wait until phototypesetter is available, if currently busy.
        !           108: .TP
        !           109: .B \-b
        !           110: Report whether the phototypesetter is busy or available.
        !           111: No text processing is done.
        !           112: .TP
        !           113: .B \-a
        !           114: Send a printable ASCII approximation of the results to the standard output.
        !           115: .TP
        !           116: .BR \-p N
        !           117: Print all characters in point size
        !           118: .I  N
        !           119: while retaining all prescribed spacings and motions,
        !           120: to reduce phototypesetter elapsed time.
        !           121: .TP
        !           122: .BI \-F fontdir
        !           123: The directory
        !           124: .I fontdir
        !           125: contains the font width tables instead of the default directory
        !           126: /usr/lib/fonts. This option can be used to produce output for devices
        !           127: besides the phototypesetter.
        !           128: .PP
        !           129: If the file
        !           130: .I /usr/adm/tracct
        !           131: is writable,
        !           132: .I troff
        !           133: keeps phototypesetter accounting records there.
        !           134: The integrity of that file may be secured by making
        !           135: .I troff
        !           136: a 'set user-id' program.
        !           137: .SH FILES
        !           138: .ta \w'/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*  'u
        !           139: /tmp/ta*       temporary file
        !           140: .br
        !           141: /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*   standard macro files
        !           142: .br
        !           143: /usr/lib/term/*        terminal driving tables for
        !           144: .I nroff
        !           145: .br
        !           146: /usr/lib/font/*        font width tables for
        !           147: .I troff
        !           148: .br
        !           149: /dev/cat       phototypesetter
        !           150: .br
        !           151: /usr/adm/tracct        accounting statistics for /dev/cat
        !           152: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           153: J. F. Ossanna,
        !           154: .I Nroff/Troff user's manual
        !           155: .br
        !           156: B. W. Kernighan,
        !           157: .I
        !           158: A TROFF Tutorial
        !           159: .br
        !           160: eqn(1), tbl(1), ms(7), me(7), man(7), col(1)

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