roffbib(1) — AIX PS/2 1.2.1



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roffbib



PURPOSE

Runs off bibliographic data base.

SYNTAX


           +-----------+   +-----------+   +------+   +----------+
roffbib ---| +-------+ |---|           |---|      |---|          |--->
           +-| -e -r |-+   +- -T term -+   +- -x -+   +- -m mac -+
            ^| -h -s ||
            || -n    ||
            || -o    ||
            |+-------+|
            +---------+
                                                +--------+   +---------+
                                            >---| +----+ |---|         |---|
                                                +-| -Q |-+   +- -file -+
                                                 ^| -V ||
                                                 |+----+|
                                                 +------+


Note:  This command does not have MBCS support.

DESCRIPTION

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

     sortbib  database | roffbib

The roffbib command accepts most of the options understood by nroff, most
importantly the -T flag to specify 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 will
suppress the printing of these abstracts.

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





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Four command-line registers control formatting style of the bibliography, much
like the number registers of ms.  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/lib/tmac/tmac.bib  File of macros used by nroff/troff.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "refer,"  "addbib,"  "sortbib," and "lookbib,
indxbib."






































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