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TROFF(1)						      General Commands Manual							  TROFF(1)

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 typesetter.  Nroff does the same, but produces output suitable for typewriter-like
       devices.

       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 corre-
       sponding to the standard input.	The options are:

       -olist  Print  pages  in the comma-separated list of numbers and ranges.  A range N-M means N through M; initial -M means up to M; final N-
	       means from N to the end.

       -nN     Number first generated page N.

       -mname  Process the macro file /sys/lib/tmac/tmac.name before the input files.

       -raN    Set register a (one character name) to N.

       -i      Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.

       -q      Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request.

       -N      Produce output suitable for typewriter-like devices.

   Typesetter devices (not -N) only
       -a      Send a printable textual approximation of the results to the standard output.

       -Tdest  Prepare output for typesetter dest:
	       -Tutf	(The default.) PostScript printers with preprocessing to handle Unicode characters encoded in UTF

	       -Tpost	Regular PostScript printers

	       -T202	Mergenthaler Linotron 202

       -Fdir  Take font information from directory dir.

   Typewriter (-N) output only
       -sN     Halt prior to every N pages (default N=1) to allow paper loading or changing.

       -Tname  Prepare output for specified terminal.  Known names include utf for the normal Plan 9 UTF encoding of the Unicode Standard  charac-
	       ter  set  (default),  37  for the Teletype model 37, lp (`line-printer') for any terminal without half-line capability, 450 for the
	       DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm), and think (HP ThinkJet).

       -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.

FILES

       /tmp/trtmp*
	      temporary file

       /tmac/tmac.*
	      standard macro files

       /troff/term/*
	      terminal driving tables for nroff

       /troff/font/*
	      font width tables for troff

SOURCE

       /src/cmd/troff

SEE ALSO

       lpr(1), proof(1), tr2post(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), pic(1), grap(1), doctype(1), ms(7), image(7), tex(1), deroff(1)
       J. F. Ossanna and B. W. Kernighan, ``Troff User's Manual''
       B. W. Kernighan, ``A TROFF Tutorial'', Unix Research System Programmer's Manual, Tenth Edition, Volume 2.

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nroff(1)						      General Commands Manual							  nroff(1)

NAME

       nroff - Formats text

SYNOPSIS

       nroff [option...] [file...]

OPTIONS

       Options can appear in any order as long as they precede any file names.	Prints only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated
       list of numbers and ranges specified in the list argument. A range of N-M means pages N through M.  An argument of the form -N  means  from
       the  beginning  of  the text up to page N.  An argument of the form N- means from page N to the end of the text.  Directs nroff to use N as
       the number for the first generated page.  Stops every N pages.  The nroff command halts after formatting N pages to allow  paper  reloading
       or changing and resumes when it receives a new line signal.  The default for N is 1.  Prepends the macro file /usr/share/lib/tmac/tmac.name
       to the files specified in the nroff command line.  Sets register a to N.  The register specification is	limited  to  a	single	character.
       Reads  from  standard input after the specified list of files is exhausted.  Invokes the simultaneous input-output mode of the .rd request.
       Prepares output for the specified terminal.  The name argument refers to tabname files in /usr/share/lib/term.  The default  name  is  lpr,
       which refers to a dumb 10-pitch printer with no halfline or upline capability.  Produces equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full
       terminal resolution.  Uses output tabs during horizontal spacing to speed output and reduce  output  character  count.	Tab  settings  are
       assumed to be every eight nominal character widths.

DESCRIPTION

       The  nroff command formats text in the specified files for typewriter-like devices.  If no file argument is present, nroff reads from stan-
       dard input.  An argument consisting of a single minus sign (-) is taken to be a file name corresponding to standard input.

FILES

       Temporary file Standard macro files Terminal driver tables for nroff

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  checknr(1), man(1), neqn(1), soelim(1), tbl(1), catman(8)

       Files:  term(4), man(5), me(5), ms(5), rsml(5)

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