ROFFBIB(1-BSD)      RISC/os Reference Manual       ROFFBIB(1-BSD)



NAME
     roffbib - run off bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS
     roffbib [ -e ] [ -h ] [ -n ] [ -o ] [ -r ] [ -s ] [ -Tterm ]
     [ -x ] [ -m mac ] [ -V ] [ -Q ] [ file ... ]

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

          sortbib  database | roffbib

     roffbib accepts most of the options understood by nroff(1)
     and troff(1), most importantly the -T flag to specify termi-
     nal type.

     If abstracts or comments are entered following the %X field
     key, roffbib will format them into paragraphs for an anno-
     tated 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 filename.  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.

     Four command-line registers control formatting style of the
     bibliography.  The command-line argument -rN1 will number
     the references starting at one (1).  The flag -rV2 will dou-
     ble 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

SEE ALSO
     refer(1), addbib(1), sortbib(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1).

BUGS
     Users have to rewrite macros to create customized formats.




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