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1.1     ! root        1: .TH TROFF 1 "7 February 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: troff, nroff \- text formatting and typesetting
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B troff
        !             6: [ option ] ...
        !             7: [ file ] ...
        !             8: .PP
        !             9: .B nroff
        !            10: [ option ] ...
        !            11: [ file ] ...
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .I Troff
        !            14: formats text in the named
        !            15: .I files
        !            16: for printing on a Graphic Systems C/A/T phototypesetter;
        !            17: .I nroff
        !            18: is used for for typewriter-like devices.
        !            19: Their capabilities are described in the
        !            20: .I Nroff/Troff user's manual.
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: If no
        !            23: .I file
        !            24: argument is present, the standard input is read.
        !            25: An argument consisting of a single minus
        !            26: .RB ( \- )
        !            27: is taken to be a file name corresponding to the standard input.
        !            28: The options, which may appear in any order so long as they appear
        !            29: before the files, are:
        !            30: .TP "\w'\f3\-m\f1name 'u"
        !            31: .BI \-o list
        !            32: Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated
        !            33: .I list
        !            34: of numbers and ranges.
        !            35: A range
        !            36: .IB N \- M
        !            37: means pages
        !            38: .I N
        !            39: through
        !            40: .IR M ;
        !            41: an initial
        !            42: .I \-N
        !            43: means from the beginning to page
        !            44: .IR N ;
        !            45: and a final
        !            46: .IR N \-
        !            47: means from
        !            48: .I N
        !            49: to the end.
        !            50: .TP
        !            51: .BI \-n N
        !            52: Number first generated page
        !            53: .IR N .
        !            54: .TP
        !            55: .BI \-s N
        !            56: Stop every
        !            57: .I N
        !            58: pages.
        !            59: .I Nroff
        !            60: will halt prior to every
        !            61: .I N
        !            62: pages (default
        !            63: .IR N =1)
        !            64: to allow paper loading or changing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline.
        !            65: .I Troff
        !            66: will stop the phototypesetter every
        !            67: .I N
        !            68: pages, produce a trailer to allow changing cassettes,
        !            69: and resume when the typesetter's start button is pressed.
        !            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: .HP
        !            91: .bd I 3
        !            92: .I Troff only
        !            93: .br
        !            94: .bd I
        !            95: .TP
        !            96: .B \-t
        !            97: Direct output to the standard output instead of the phototypesetter.
        !            98: .TP
        !            99: .B \-f
        !           100: Refrain from feeding out paper and stopping
        !           101: phototypesetter at the end of the run.
        !           102: .TP
        !           103: .B \-w
        !           104: Wait until phototypesetter is available, if currently busy.
        !           105: .TP
        !           106: .B \-b
        !           107: Report whether the phototypesetter is busy or available.
        !           108: No text processing is done.
        !           109: .TP
        !           110: .B \-a
        !           111: Send a printable ASCII approximation of the results to the standard output.
        !           112: .TP
        !           113: .BR \-p N
        !           114: Print all characters in point size
        !           115: .I  N
        !           116: while retaining all prescribed spacings and motions,
        !           117: to reduce phototypesetter elapsed time.
        !           118: .TP
        !           119: .BI \-F fontdir
        !           120: The directory
        !           121: .I fontdir contains the font width tables instead of the default directory
        !           122: /usr/lib/fonts. This option can be used to produce output for devices
        !           123: besides the phototypesetter.
        !           124: .PP
        !           125: If the file
        !           126: .I /usr/adm/tracct
        !           127: is writable,
        !           128: .I troff
        !           129: keeps phototypesetter accounting records there.
        !           130: The integrity of that file may be secured by making
        !           131: .I troff
        !           132: a 'set user-id' program.
        !           133: .SH FILES
        !           134: .ta \w'/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*  'u
        !           135: /tmp/ta*       temporary file
        !           136: .br
        !           137: /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*   standard macro files
        !           138: .br
        !           139: /usr/lib/term/*        terminal driving tables for
        !           140: .I nroff
        !           141: .br
        !           142: /usr/lib/font/*        font width tables for
        !           143: .I troff
        !           144: .br
        !           145: /dev/cat       phototypesetter
        !           146: .br
        !           147: /usr/adm/tracct        accounting statistics for /dev/cat
        !           148: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           149: J. F. Ossanna,
        !           150: .I Nroff/Troff user's manual
        !           151: .br
        !           152: B. W. Kernighan,
        !           153: .I
        !           154: A TROFF Tutorial
        !           155: .br
        !           156: eqn(1), tbl(1), ms(7), me(7), man(7), col(1)

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