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1.1     ! root        1: .TH TROFF 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: troff, nroff \- text formatting and typesetting
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B troff
        !             6: [
        !             7: .I option ...
        !             8: ]
        !             9: [
        !            10: .I file ...
        !            11: ]
        !            12: .PP
        !            13: .B nroff
        !            14: [
        !            15: .I option ...
        !            16: ]
        !            17: [
        !            18: .I file ...
        !            19: ]
        !            20: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            21: .I Troff
        !            22: formats text in the named
        !            23: .I files
        !            24: for
        !            25: printing on a typesetter.
        !            26: .I Nroff
        !            27: does the same, but produces output suitable
        !            28: for typewriter-like devices.
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: If no
        !            31: .I file
        !            32: argument is present, the standard input is read.
        !            33: An argument consisting of a single minus
        !            34: .RB ( - )
        !            35: is taken to be
        !            36: a file name corresponding to the standard input.
        !            37: The options are:
        !            38: .nr xx \w'\fL-m\f2name\ \ '
        !            39: .TP \n(xxu
        !            40: .BI -o list
        !            41: Print pages in the comma-separated
        !            42: .I list
        !            43: of numbers and ranges.
        !            44: A range
        !            45: .IB N - M
        !            46: means 
        !            47: .I N
        !            48: through
        !            49: .IR M ;
        !            50: initial
        !            51: .BI - M
        !            52: means up to
        !            53: .IR M ;
        !            54: final
        !            55: .IB N -
        !            56: means from
        !            57: .I N
        !            58: to the end.
        !            59: .TP
        !            60: .BI -n N
        !            61: Number first generated page
        !            62: .IR N .
        !            63: .TP
        !            64: .BI -m name
        !            65: Process the macro file
        !            66: .BI /sys/lib/tmac/tmac. name
        !            67: before the input
        !            68: .IR files .
        !            69: .TP
        !            70: .BI -r aN
        !            71: Set register
        !            72: .I a
        !            73: (one character name) to
        !            74: .IR N .
        !            75: .TP
        !            76: .B -i
        !            77: Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
        !            78: .TP
        !            79: .B -q
        !            80: Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the
        !            81: .B rd
        !            82: request.
        !            83: .TP
        !            84: .B -N
        !            85: Produce output suitable for typewriter-like devices.
        !            86: .SS Typesetter devices (not \fL-N\fP) only
        !            87: .TP \n(xxu
        !            88: .B -a
        !            89: Send a printable
        !            90: textual
        !            91: approximation
        !            92: of the results to the standard output.
        !            93: .TP
        !            94: .BI -T dest
        !            95: Prepare output for typesetter
        !            96: .IR dest :
        !            97: .br
        !            98: .ns
        !            99: .RS
        !           100: .TP \w'\fL-TLatin1\ 'u
        !           101: .B -Tutf
        !           102: (The default.) PostScript printers with
        !           103: preprocessing to handle Unicode
        !           104: characters encoded in
        !           105: .SM UTF
        !           106: .PD0
        !           107: .TP
        !           108: .B -Tpost
        !           109: Regular PostScript printers
        !           110: .PD0
        !           111: .TP
        !           112: .B -T202
        !           113: Mergenthaler Linotron 202 
        !           114: .RE
        !           115: .PD
        !           116: .TP "\w'\fL-m\f2name 'u"
        !           117: .BI -F dir
        !           118: Take font information from directory
        !           119: .IR dir .
        !           120: .SS Typewriter (\fL-N\fP) output only
        !           121: .TP \n(xxu
        !           122: .BI -s N
        !           123: Halt prior to every
        !           124: .I N
        !           125: pages (default
        !           126: .IR N =1)
        !           127: to allow paper loading or changing.
        !           128: .TP
        !           129: .BI -T name
        !           130: Prepare output for specified terminal.
        !           131: Known
        !           132: .I names
        !           133: include
        !           134: .B utf
        !           135: for the normal Plan 9
        !           136: .SM UTF
        !           137: encoding of the Unicode Standard character set (default),
        !           138: .B 37
        !           139: for the
        !           140: Teletype model 37,
        !           141: .B lp
        !           142: (`line-printer')
        !           143: for any terminal without half-line capability,
        !           144: .B 450
        !           145: for the \s-1DASI\s+1-450
        !           146: (Diablo Hyterm),
        !           147: and
        !           148: .B think
        !           149: (HP ThinkJet).
        !           150: .TP
        !           151: .B -e
        !           152: Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted
        !           153: lines, using full terminal resolution.
        !           154: .TP
        !           155: .B -h
        !           156: Use output tabs during horizontal spacing
        !           157: to speed output and reduce output character count.
        !           158: Tab settings are assumed to be every
        !           159: 8 nominal character widths.
        !           160: .SH FILES
        !           161: .TF /sys/lib/troff/term/*
        !           162: .TP
        !           163: .B /tmp/trtmp*
        !           164: temporary file
        !           165: .TP
        !           166: .B /sys/lib/tmac/tmac.*
        !           167: standard macro files
        !           168: .TP
        !           169: .B /sys/lib/troff/term/*
        !           170: terminal driving tables for
        !           171: .I nroff
        !           172: .TP
        !           173: .B /sys/lib/troff/font/*
        !           174: font width tables for
        !           175: .I troff
        !           176: .SH SOURCE
        !           177: .B /sys/src/cmd/troff
        !           178: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           179: .IR lp (1),
        !           180: .IR proof (1),
        !           181: .IR eqn (1), 
        !           182: .IR tbl (1), 
        !           183: .IR pic (1), 
        !           184: .IR grap (1),
        !           185: .IR doctype (1), 
        !           186: .IR ms (6),
        !           187: .IR mpm (6),
        !           188: .IR bitmap (6),
        !           189: .IR tex (1),
        !           190: .IR deroff (1)
        !           191: .br
        !           192: J. F. Ossanna and B. W. Kernighan,
        !           193: ``Troff User's Manual''
        !           194: .br
        !           195: B. W. Kernighan,
        !           196: ``A TROFF Tutorial'',
        !           197: .I
        !           198: Unix Research System Programmer's Manual,
        !           199: Tenth Edition, Volume 2.

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