09-02-2012
When I first started using UNIX Systems, I used ed (there were no word processors or "visual" editors at that time. I still use ed when I need to edit a file in place in a script. When I'm interactively editing files, I use vi. (Since I knew ed commands, I already knew a large set of vi commands.)
When I first started using UNIX Systems and wanted to format a paper, I used nroff and troff with the tbl, eqn, and pic preprocessors. I used to be pretty good at writing nroff and troff macro sets, but I'm out of practice now since I mostly use pages/numbers/keynote and the OpenOffice/LibreOffice suites.
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DEROFF(1) General Commands Manual DEROFF(1)
NAME
deroff - remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
SYNOPSIS
deroff [ -w ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
Deroff reads each file in sequence and removes all nroff and troff command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions, eqn con-
structs (between `.EQ' and `.EN' lines or between delimiters), and table descriptions and writes the remainder on the standard output.
Deroff follows chains of included files (`.so' and `.nx' commands); if a file has already been included, a `.so' is ignored and a `.nx'
terminates execution. If no input file is given, deroff reads from the standard input file.
If the -w flag is given, the output is a word list, one `word' (string of letters, digits, and apostrophes, beginning with a letter; apos-
trophes are removed) per line, and all other characters ignored. Otherwise, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned
above.
SEE ALSO
troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1)
BUGS
Deroff is not a complete troff interpreter, so it can be confused by subtle constructs. Most errors result in too much rather than too
little output.
7th Edition April 29, 1985 DEROFF(1)