nroff(1)                   DG/UX 4.30                    nroff(1)



     NAME
          nroff  - format text

     SYNOPSIS
          nroff [ options ] [ files ]

     DESCRIPTION
          Nroff formats text contained in files (standard input by
          default) 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.  The 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
                  changing, and will resume upon receipt of a line-
                  feed or new-line (new-lines do not work in
                  pipelines, e.g., with mm(1)).  This option does not
                  work if the output of nroff is piped through col(1).
                  When nroff 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
                  message) requests.
          -mname  Prepend to the input files the non-compacted (ASCII
                  text) macro file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name.
          -Tname  Prepare output for specified terminal or
                  lineprinter.
          -e      Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines,
                  using the full resolution of the particular
                  terminal.
          -h      Use output tabs during horizontal spacing to speed
                  output and reduce output character count.  Tab
                  settings 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.




     Licensed material--property of copyright holder(s)         Page 1

     nroff(1)                   DG/UX 4.30                    nroff(1)



     FILES
          /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
          col(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), mm(1), mm(5).
          Using the Documenter's Tool Kit on the DG/UX System.
          Documenter's Tool Kit Technical Summary for the DG/UX
          System.

     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.

          When nroff is used with the -olist option inside a pipeline
          (e.g., with one or more of eqn(1), and tbl(1)), it may cause
          a harmless `broken pipe' diagnostic if the last page of the
          document is not specified in list.

































     Licensed material--property of copyright holder(s)         Page 2