NAME

mmt, mvt − typeset documents, view graphs, and slides

SYNOPSIS

mmt [ options ] [ files ]

mvt [ options ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION

These two commands are very similar to mm(1), except that they both typeset their input via troff(1), as opposed to formatting it via nroff; mmt uses the MM macro package, while mvt uses the Macro Package for View Graphs and Slides.  These two commands have options to specify preprocessing by tbl(1) and/or eqn(1). The proper pipelines and the required arguments and flags for troff(1) and for the macro packages are generated, depending on the options selected.

Options are given below.  Any other arguments or flags (e.g., −rC3) are passed to troff(1) or to the macro package, as appropriate. Such options can occur in any order, but they must appear before the files arguments.  If no arguments are given, these commands print a list of their options. 

−e Causes these commands to invoke eqn(1); also causes eqn to read the /usr/pub/eqnchar file (see eqnchar(5)).

−t Causes these commands to invoke tbl(1).

−a Invokes the −a option of troff(1).

−y Causes mmt to use the non-compacted version of the macros (see mm(5)). No effect for mvt.

These commands read the standard input when − is specified instead of any file names. 

Mvt is just a link to mmt.

HINT

Use the −olist option of troff(1) to specify ranges of pages to be output. Note, however, that these commands, if invoked with one or more of the −e, −t, and − options, together with the −olist option of troff(1) may cause a harmless "broken pipe" diagnostic if the last page of the document is not specified in list.

EXAMPLE

mmt -t -rC3 -12 -Tst file

is equivalent to

tbl file | troff -cm -Tst -12 -h -rC3

SEE ALSO

env(1), eqn(1), mm(1), tbl(1), tc(1), troff(1), profile(4), environ(5), mm(5), mv(5). 

DIAGNOSTICS

"m[mv]t: no input file" if none of the arguments is a readable file and the command is not used as a filter.

Version 2.3  —  July 04, 1985