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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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