otroff(1)                                               otroff(1)



NAME
     otroff - formats text for a specific phototypesetter

SYNOPSIS
     otroff [-cname] [-b] [-f] [-kname] [-mname] [-ppoint-size]
     [-t] [-w] [file]...

ARGUMENTS
     -cname
          Inserts before the input files the compacted macro
          files:

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

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

     -f   Refrains from feeding out paper and stopping
          phototypesetter at the end of the run.

     file Specifies the file to be formatted.  If this argument
          is not given, the standard input is read.  An argument
          consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be a
          filename corresponding to the standard input.

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

     -mname
          Prepends the named macro definition file to the input
          stream.  The location of the macro file is the pathname
          constructed as follows:

             /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name

     -ppoint-size
          Specifies the point size to use for type. It still
          preserves all prescribed spacings and motions, reducing
          phototypesetter elapsed time.

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

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

DESCRIPTION
     otroff is the old version of troff(1).  It formats text
     contained in files for standard output.  The output is



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otroff(1)                                               otroff(1)



     formatted for a Wang C/A/T phototypesetter.

EXAMPLES
     The command:

        otroff -mm file

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

FILES
     /bin/otroff
          Executable file
     /usr/lib/suftab
          File containing suffix hyphenation tables
     /tmp/ta$#
          Temporary file
     /tmp/trtmp*
          Temporary file
     /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*
          Standard macro files
     /usr/lib/macros/*
          Standard macro files
     /usr/lib/font/dev*/*
          Files containing 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) in A/UX Programmer's Reference

     A/UX Text Processing Tools






















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