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NAME
troff, nroff - text formatting and typesetting
SYNOPSIS
troff [ option ] ... [ file ] ...
nroff [ option ] ... [ file ] ...
DESCRIPTION
Troff formats text in the named files for printing on a Graphic Sys-
tems C/A/T phototypesetter; nroff for typewriter-like devices.
Their capabilities are described in the Nroff/Troff user's manual.
If no file argument is present, the standard input is read. An
argument consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be a file name
corresponding to the standard input. The options, which may appear
in any order so long as they appear before the files, are:
-olist Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-
separated list of numbers and ranges. 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.
-nN Number first generated page N.
-sN Stop every N pages. Nroff will halt prior to every N pages
(default N=1) to allow paper loading or changing, and will
resume upon receipt of a newline. Troff will stop the photo-
typesetter every N pages, produce a trailer to allow changing
cassettes, and resume when the typesetter's start button is
pressed.
-mname Prepend the macro file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name to the input
files.
-raN Set register a (one-character) to N.
-i Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
-q Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request.
Nroff only
-Tname Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names are 37
for the (default) Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal,
tn300 for the GE TermiNet 300 (or any terminal without half-
line capability), 300S for the DASI-300S, 300 for the DASI-
300, and 450 for the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm).
-e Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full
terminal resolution.
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-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.
Troff only
-t Direct output to the standard output instead of the photo-
typesetter.
-f Refrain from feeding out paper and stopping phototypesetter
at the end of the run.
-w Wait until phototypesetter is available, if currently busy.
-b Report whether the phototypesetter is busy or available. No
text processing is done.
-a Send a printable ASCII approximation of the results to the
standard output.
-pN Print all characters in point size N while retaining all
prescribed spacings and motions, to reduce phototypesetter
elasped time.
-g Prepare output for a GCOS phototypesetter and direct it to
the standard output (see gcat(1)).
If the file /usr/adm/tracct is writable, troff keeps phototypesetter
accounting records there. The integrity of that file may be secured
by making troff a `set user-id' program.
FILES
/usr/lib/suftab suffix hyphenation tables
/tmp/ta* temporary file
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files
/usr/lib/term/* terminal driving tables for nroff
/usr/lib/font/* font width tables for troff
/dev/cat phototypesetter
/usr/adm/tracct accounting statistics for /dev/cat
SEE ALSO
J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff user's manual
B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial
vtroff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), pti(1), ms(7), me(7), man(7), soelim(1)
col(1), tk(1) (nroff only)
tc(1) (troff only)
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