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1.1       root        1: .TH PROOF 1
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: proof \- troff output interpreter
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B proof
                      6: [
                      7: .BI -m mag
                      8: ]
                      9: [
                     10: .BI -/ nview
                     11: ]
                     12: [
                     13: .B -F
                     14: .I dir
                     15: ]
                     16: [
                     17: .B -d
                     18: ]
                     19: [
                     20: .I file
                     21: ]
                     22: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     23: .I Proof
                     24: reads
                     25: .IR troff (1)
                     26: intermediate language from
                     27: .I file
                     28: or standard input
                     29: and simulates the resulting pages on the screen.
                     30: .PP
                     31: After a page of text is displayed,
                     32: .I proof
                     33: pauses for a command from the keyboard.
                     34: The typed commands are:
                     35: .TP \w'newline\ \ \ 'u
                     36: newline
                     37: Go on to next page of text.
                     38: .TP
                     39: .B -
                     40: Go back to the previous page.
                     41: .TP
                     42: .B q
                     43: Quit.
                     44: .TP
                     45: .BI p n
                     46: Print page
                     47: .IR n .
                     48: An out-of-bounds page number means the end nearer to that number;
                     49: a missing number means the current page;
                     50: a signed number means an offset to the current page.
                     51: .TP
                     52: .I n
                     53: Same as
                     54: .BI p n\f1.
                     55: .TP
                     56: .B c
                     57: Clear the screen, then wait for another command.
                     58: .TP
                     59: .BI m mag
                     60: Change the magnification at which the output is printed.
                     61: Normally it is printed with magnification .9;
                     62: .IR mag "=.5"
                     63: shrinks it to half size;
                     64: .IR mag "=2"
                     65: doubles the size.
                     66: .TP
                     67: .BI x val
                     68: Move everything
                     69: .I val
                     70: screen pixels to the right (left, if
                     71: .I val
                     72: is negative).
                     73: .TP
                     74: .BI y val
                     75: Move everything
                     76: .I val
                     77: screen pixels down (up, if
                     78: .I val
                     79: is negative).
                     80: .TP
                     81: .BI / nview
                     82: Split the window into
                     83: .I nview
                     84: pieces.  The current page goes into the rightmost, bottommost piece,
                     85: and previous pages are shown in the other pieces.
                     86: .TP
                     87: .BI "-F " dir
                     88: Use
                     89: .I dir
                     90: for fonts instead of
                     91: .BR /lib/font/bit .
                     92: .TP
                     93: .B d
                     94: Toggle the debug flag.
                     95: .PD
                     96: .PP
                     97: These commands are also available, under slightly different form,
                     98: from a menu on button 3.  The
                     99: .B pan
                    100: menu item allows arbitrary positioning of the page:
                    101: after selecting
                    102: .BR pan ,
                    103: press the mouse button again and hold it down while moving
                    104: the page to the desired location.  The page will be redisplayed
                    105: in its entirety when the button is released.
                    106: .PP
                    107: The
                    108: .BR m ,
                    109: .BR x ,
                    110: .BR y ,
                    111: .BR F ,
                    112: .BR / ,
                    113: and
                    114: .B d
                    115: commands are also available as command line options.
                    116: .SH FILES
                    117: .TF /lib/font/bit/MAP
                    118: .TP
                    119: .B /lib/font/bit/*
                    120: fonts
                    121: .TP
                    122: .B /lib/font/bit/MAP
                    123: how to convert troff output fonts and character names
                    124: into screen fonts and character numbers
                    125: .SH SOURCE
                    126: .B /sys/src/cmd/proof
                    127: .SH SEE ALSO
                    128: .IR lp (1), 
                    129: .IR gs (1)
                    130: .br
                    131: J. F. Ossanna and B. W. Kernighan,
                    132: ``Troff User's Manual''

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