otroff(1)                                               otroff(1)



     NAME
          otroff - text formatting and typesetting

     SYNOPSIS
          otroff [-cname] [-kname] [-t] [-f] [-w] [-b] [-pN] [file...]

     DESCRIPTION
          otroff is the old version of troff(1).  It formats text con-
          tained in files for standard output.  The output is format-
          ted for a Wang C/A/T phototypesetter.

     FLAG OPTIONS
          If no file argument is present, the standard input is read.
          An argument consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be
          a filename corresponding to the standard input.  The flag
          options, which may appear in any order so long as they ap-
          pear before the files, are:

          -cname      Insert before the input files the compacted mac-
                      ro files:

                         /usr/lib/macros/cmp.[nt].[dt].name
                         /usr/lib/macros/ucmp.[nt].name


          -kname      Compact the macros used in this invocation of
                      otroff, placing the output in files [dt].name in
                      the current directory

          -t          Direct output to the standard output, instead of
                      the phototypesetter (this is the default).

          -f          Refrain from feeding out paper and stopping pho-
                      totypesetter at the end of the run.

          -w          Wait until phototypesetter is available, if it
                      is currently busy.

          -b          Report whether the phototypesetter is busy or
                      available.  No text processing is done.

          -pN         Print all characters in point size N while re-
                      taining all prescribed spacings and motions, to
                      reduce phototypesetter elapsed time.

     EXAMPLES
          The command

             otroff -mm file

          formats the text contained in file, and invokes the macro
          package mm.



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     otroff(1)                                               otroff(1)



     FILES
          /bin/otroff
          /usr/lib/suftab      suffix hyphenation tables
          /tmp/ta$#            temporary file
          /tmp/trtmp*          temporary file
          /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files and pointers
          /usr/lib/macros/*    standard macro files
          /usr/lib/font/dev*/* font width tables for troff

     SEE ALSO
          cw(1), eqn(1), mmt(1), nroff(1), pic(1), tbl(1), tc(1),
          troff(1), mm(5), ms(5), mv(5).
          A/UX Text Processing Tools.










































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