nroff(1) nroff(1)NAME nroff - text formatting language SYNOPSIS nroff [-olist] [-nN] [-s[N]] [-raN] [-i] [-q] [-z] [-mname] [-Ttty-type] [file...] DESCRIPTION nroff formats text contained in files (standard input by de- fault) for printing on typewriter-like devices and line printers. An argument consisting of a minus (-) is taken to be a file name corresponding to the standard input. FLAG OPTIONS The flag options, which may appear in any order, but must appear before the files, are: -olist Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the list of numbers and ranges, separated by commas. A range N-M means pages N through M; an initial -N means from the beginning to page N; and a final N- means from N to the end. (See BUGS below.) -nN Number first generated page N. -sN Stop every N pages. nroff will halt after every N pages (default N=1) to allow paper loading or chang- ing, and will resume upon receipt of a linefeed or newline (newlines do not work in pipelines, e.g., with mm(1)). This option does not work if the out- put of nroff is piped through col(1). When nroff (otroff) halts between pages, an ASCII BEL is sent to the terminal. -raN Set register a (which must have a one-character name) to N. -i Read standard input after files are exhausted. -q Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the .rd request. -z Print only messages generated by .tm (terminal mes- sage) requests. -mname Prepend to the input files the macro file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name. -Ttty-type Prepare output for specified terminal. Known tty- types are 2631 Hewlett-Packard 2631 printer in regular mode 2631-c Hewlett-Packard 2631 printer in compressed mode 2631-e Hewlett-Packard 2631 printer in expanded mode 300 DASI-300 printer April, 1990 1
nroff(1) nroff(1)300-12 DASI-300 terminal set to 12-pitch (12 characters per inch) 300s DASI-300s printer (300s is a synonym) 300s-12 DASI-300s terminal set to 12-pitch (12 characters per inch) (300s-12 is a synonym) 37 TELETYPE Model 37 terminal (default) 382 DTC-382 4000a Trendata 4000a terminal (4000a is a synonym) 450 DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm) printer 450-12 DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm) printer set to 12-pitch (12 characters per inch) 832 Anderson Jacobson 832 terminal 8510 C.ITOH printer lp generic name for printers that can underline and tab (All text using re- verse line feeds, such as those having tables, that is sent to lp must be pro- cessed with col(1) ) tn300 GE Terminet 300 terminal X Printers equipped with TX print train -e Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, us- ing the full resolution of the particular terminal. -h Use output tabs during horizontal spacing to speed output and reduce output character count. Tab set- tings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character widths. -un Set the emboldening factor (number of character overstrikes) for the third font position (bold) to n, or to zero if n is missing. FILES /bin/nroff /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files and pointers /usr/lib/macros/* standard macro files /usr/lib/nterm/* terminal driving tables for nroff /usr/pub/terminals list of supported terminals SEE ALSO checknr(1), col(1), deroff(1), greek(1), neqn(1), tbl(1). mm(1), mm(5). ``nroff/troff Reference'' in A/UX Text Processing Tools. BUGS nroff believes in Eastern Standard Time; as a result, depending on the time of the year and on your local time zone, the date that nroff generates may be off by one day from your idea of what the date is. 2 April, 1990
nroff(1) nroff(1)When nroff is used with the -olist option inside a pipeline (e.g., with one or more of neqn(1), and tbl(1)), it may cause a harmless ``broken pipe'' diagnostic if the last page of the document is not specified in list. April, 1990 3