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env

eqn, neqn, checkeq

mm, checkmm

tbl

tc

troff

profile

environ

mm

mv miscella-

neous facilities in AIX Operating System Technical Refer-

mmt, checkmm

PURPOSE

     Typesets  documents,  manual   pages,  view  graphs,  and
     slides.

SYNOPSIS
     mmt [ options ] [ files ]

     mant [ options ] [ files ]

     mvt [ options ] [ files ]

     mptx [ options ] [ files ]

     mt [ options ] [ files ]


DESCRIPTION

     These commands are similar to the mm command, except they
     typeset their input via troff as opposed to formatting it
     via nroff.  The  mvt, mt, and mant commands  are links to
     mmt.  mmt uses the MM Macro  Package (see mm in AIX Oper-
     ating  System Technical  Reference), mvt  uses the  macro
     package for view  graphs and slides (see mv  in AIX Oper-
     ating System  Technical Reference), mant uses  the manual
     page macros, and mt does not use a macro package.

     These  commands have  flags to  specify preprocessing  by
     tbl, cw, or eqn.  mmt  generates the proper pipelines and
     the  required  arguments  for  troff and  for  the  macro
     package  used, depending  on the  flags selected.   These
     commands read standard  input if you specify  a - (minus)
     instead of any file names.

     The checkmm  command can  be used to  check the  input to
     mmt.

     If  the input  contains a  troff comment  line consisting
     solely  of the  string  "'\" x  "(single quotation  mark,
     backslash, double quotation mark x),  where x is any com-
     bination of the three letters c, e, and t and where there
     is exactly  one blank  between the double  quotation mark
     and  x, then  the  input will  be  processed through  the
     appropriate  combination of  cw,  eqn,  and tbl,  respec-
     tively, regardless of the command-line arguments.

     Note:  Use the -olist argument of troff to specify ranges
     of pages to be output.  Note, however, that calling these
     commands with one or more of  the -c, -e, -t, and - argu-
     ments  together with  troff -olist  may cause  a harmless

     "broken pipe" diagnostic if the last page of the document
     is not specified in list.

FLAGS

     Flags  other than  the ones  listed below  are passed  to
     troff or to the macro package, as appropriate.  All flags
     must appear before the file names.  If you do not provide
     any  arguments,  these commands  print  a  list of  their
     flags.

     -a      Invokes the -a flag of troff.
     -c      Preprocesses the input files with cw.
     -e      Preprocesses the input files with eqn.
     -t      Preprocesses the input files with tbl.

     -T4014
     -Ttek   Directs  the  output  to a  Tektronix  4014  work
             station via the tc command.

RELATED INFORMATION

     The  following commands:   "env,"  "eqn,  neqn, checkeq,"
     "mm, checkmm,"  "tbl,"  "tc," and "troff."

     The profile  file and the  environ, mm, and  mv miscella-
     neous facilities in AIX Operating System Technical Refer-
     ence.

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