Annotation of researchv10dc/man/manb/mmt.1, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: .TH MMT 1
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: mmt, mvt \- typeset documents, view graphs, and slides
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B mmt
                      6: [ options ] [ files ]
                      7: .PP
                      8: .B mvt
                      9: [ options ] [ files ]
                     10: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     11: These two commands are very similar to
                     12: .IR mm (1),
                     13: except that they both typeset their input via
                     14: .IR troff (1),
                     15: as opposed to formatting it via
                     16: .IR nroff (1);
                     17: .I mmt\^
                     18: uses
                     19: the
                     20: .SM MM
                     21: macro package,
                     22: while
                     23: .I mvt\^
                     24: uses the
                     25: Macro Package for
                     26: View Graphs and Slides.
                     27: These two commands have options to specify
                     28: preprocessing by
                     29: .IR tbl (1)
                     30: and/or
                     31: .IR eqn (1).
                     32: The proper pipelines and the
                     33: required arguments and flags for
                     34: .IR troff (1)
                     35: and
                     36: for
                     37: the macro packages
                     38: are generated, depending on the options selected.
                     39: .PP
                     40: .I Options\^
                     41: are given below.
                     42: Any other arguments or flags (e.g.,
                     43: .BR \-rC3 )
                     44: are passed
                     45: to
                     46: .IR troff (1)
                     47: or to
                     48: the macro package,
                     49: as appropriate.
                     50: Such options can occur in any order,
                     51: but they must appear before the
                     52: .I files\^
                     53: arguments.
                     54: If no arguments are given,
                     55: these commands
                     56: print a list of their options.
                     57: .PP
                     58: .PD 0
                     59: .TP 10
                     60: .B \-e
                     61: Causes
                     62: these commands
                     63: to invoke
                     64: .IR eqn (1);
                     65: also causes
                     66: .I eqn
                     67: to read the
                     68: .B /usr/pub/eqnchar
                     69: file (see
                     70: .IR eqnchar (7)).
                     71: .TP
                     72: .B \-t
                     73: Causes
                     74: these commands
                     75: to invoke
                     76: .IR tbl (1).
                     77: .TP
                     78: .B \-Tst
                     79: Directs the output to the
                     80: .SM MH STARE
                     81: facility.
                     82: .TP
                     83: .B \-Tvp
                     84: Directs the output to a Versatec printer via the
                     85: .IR vpr (1)
                     86: spooler;
                     87: this option is not available at all
                     88: .SM UNIX
                     89: sites.
                     90: .TP
                     91: .B \-T4014
                     92: Directs the output to a Tektronix 4014 terminal via the
                     93: .IR tc (1)
                     94: filter.
                     95: .TP
                     96: .B \-Ttek
                     97: Same as
                     98: .BR \-T4014 .
                     99: .TP
                    100: .B \-a
                    101: Invokes the
                    102: .B \-a
                    103: option of
                    104: .IR troff (1).
                    105: .TP
                    106: .B \-y
                    107: Causes
                    108: .I mmt\^
                    109: to use the non-compacted version of the macros (see
                    110: .IR mm (7)).
                    111: No effect for
                    112: .IR mvt .
                    113: .PD
                    114: .PP
                    115: These commands read the standard input
                    116: when
                    117: .B \-
                    118: is specified
                    119: instead of any file names.
                    120: .PP
                    121: .I Mvt\^
                    122: is just a link to
                    123: .I mmt\^.
                    124: .SH HINT
                    125: Use the
                    126: .BI \-o list\^
                    127: option of
                    128: .IR troff (1)
                    129: to specify ranges of pages to be output.
                    130: Note, however, that these commands, if invoked with
                    131: one or more of the
                    132: .BR \-e ,
                    133: .BR \-t ,
                    134: and
                    135: .B \-
                    136: options,
                    137: .I together\^
                    138: with the
                    139: .BI \-o list\^
                    140: option of
                    141: .IR troff (1)
                    142: may cause a harmless ``broken pipe'' diagnostic
                    143: if the last page of the document is not specified in
                    144: .IR list .
                    145: .SH SEE ALSO
                    146: .tr ~
                    147: .PD 0
                    148: env(1), eqn(1), mm(1), tbl(1), tc(1), troff(1), profile(5),
                    149: environ(7), mm(7), mv(7).
                    150: .PP
                    151: .I "\s-1MM\s+1\-Memorandum Macros\^"
                    152: by D.~W. Smith and J.~R. Mashey.
                    153: .PP
                    154: .I "Typing Documents with \s-1MM\s+1\^"
                    155: by D.~W. Smith and E.~M. Piskorik.
                    156: .PP
                    157: .I "A Macro Package for View Graphs and Slides\^"
                    158: by T.~A. Dolotta and D.~W. Smith (in preparation).
                    159: .PD
                    160: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                    161: .tr ~~
                    162: ``m[mv]t: \|no input file''\| if
                    163: none of the arguments is a readable file and
                    164: the command
                    165: is not used as a filter.

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