NAME

nroff − text formatting

SYNOPSIS

nroff [ option ] ...  [ file ] ... 

DESCRIPTION

Nroff formats text in the named files for typewriter-like devices.  See also troff(1).  The full capabilities of nroff 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.

−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. 

−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. 

−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. 

MULTI LANGUAGE SUPPORT

Nroff processes the multiple languages of input text containing the Kanji character-set for Japanese. 

The paragraph indent for a ms macro text is preset at 5n space, which is an odd number.  As a result, the first line of a sentence consisting of only full-size characters will be shorter by 1n.  Prevent this by setting an even number for paragraph indent as in the example given below:
        .nr PI 4n

With nroff, you can use the Kanji version preprocessors  ‘tbl’ and ‘neqn’, and post processors ‘col’ and ‘colcrt’. 

FILES

/tmp/ta∗temporary file
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.∗standard macro files
/usr/lib/term/∗terminal driving tables for nroff

SEE ALSO

J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff user’s manual
B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial
troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), ms(7), me(7), man(7), col(1), colcrt(1)

BUGS

You cannot use the half-size Katakana character set. 
nroff requires a memory of approximately 1 M Byte. 
 

NEWS-OSRelease 4.1C