roffbib(1)                                             roffbib(1)



     NAME
          roffbib - run off bibliographic database

     SYNOPSIS
          roffbib [-e] [-h] [-n] [-o] [-r] [-s] [-Tterm] [-x]
          [-mfImac] [-V] [-Q] [file...]

     DESCRIPTION
          roffbib prints out all records in a bibliographic database,
          in bibliography format rather than as footnotes or endnotes.
          Generally it is used in conjunction with sortbib:

               sortbib  database | roffbib

          roffbib accepts most of the flag options understood by
          nroff(1); most importantly, -T which specifies terminal
          type.

          If abstracts or comments are entered following the %X field
          key, roffbib will format them into paragraphs for an
          annotated bibliography.  Several %X fields may be given if
          several annotation paragraphs are desired.  The -x flag
          option will suppress the printing of these abstracts.

          A user-defined set of macros may be specified after the -m
          flag option.  There should be a space between the -m and the
          macro filename.  This set of macros will replace the ones
          defined in /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.bib.  The -V flag option will
          send output to the Versatec printer/plotter; the -Q flag
          option will queue output for the phototypesetter.

          Four command-line registers control formatting style of the
          bibliography, much like the number registers of ms(5).  The
          command-line argument -rN1 will number the references
          starting at one (1).  The flag -rV2 will double space the
          bibliography, while -rV1 will double space references but
          single space annotation paragraphs.  The line length can be
          changed from the default 6.5 inches to 6 inches with the
          -rL6i argument, and the page offset can be set from the
          default of 0 to one inch by specifying -rO1i (capital O, not
          zero).  Note: with the -V and -Q flags the default page
          offset is already one inch.

     FILES
          /usr/ucb/sortbib

          /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.bib  file of macros used by nroff/troff

     SEE ALSO
          refer(1), addbib(1), sortbib(1).  Users have to rewrite
          macros to create customized formats.




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