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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 Graphic Systems C/A/T phototypesetter; nroff is used for for typewriter-like
       devices.  Their capabilities 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 corre-
       sponding 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.  Troff will stop the phototypesetter every N pages, produce a trailer to allow changing cassettes, and resume
	      when the typesetter's start button is pressed.

       -mname Prepend the macro file /usr/share/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.

       Troff only

       -t     Direct output to the standard output instead of the phototypesetter.

       -f     Refrain from feeding out paper and stopping phototypesetter at the end of the run.

       -w     Wait until phototypesetter is available, if currently busy.

       -b     Report whether the phototypesetter is busy or available.	No text processing is done.

       -a     Send a printable ASCII approximation of the results to the standard output.

       -pN    Print all characters in point size N while retaining all prescribed spacings and motions, to reduce phototypesetter elapsed time.

       -Ffontdir
	      The directory fontdir contains the font width tables instead of the default directory /usr/share/fonts. This option can be  used	to
	      produce output for devices besides the phototypesetter.

       If  the	file /usr/adm/tracct is writable, troff keeps phototypesetter accounting records there.  The integrity of that file may be secured
       by making troff a 'set user-id' program.

FILES

       /tmp/ta* 	       temporary file
       /usr/share/tmac/tmac.*  standard macro files
       /usr/share/term/*       terminal driving tables for nroff
       /usr/share/font/*       font width tables for troff
       /dev/cat 	       phototypesetter
       /usr/adm/tracct	       accounting statistics for /dev/cat

SEE ALSO

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

7th Edition							 October 22, 1996							  TROFF(1)

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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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