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TC(1)							      General Commands Manual							     TC(1)

NAME

       tc - photoypesetter simulator

SYNOPSIS

       tc [ -t ] [ -sN ] [ -pL ] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION

       Tc interprets its input (standard input default) as device codes for a Graphic Systems phototypesetter (cat).  The standard output of tc is
       intended for a Tektronix 4015 (a 4014 terminal with ASCII and APL character sets).  The sixteen typesetter sizes are mapped into the 4014's
       four  sizes;  the  entire TROFF character set is drawn using the 4014's character generator, using overstruck combinations where necessary.
       Typical usage:

		      troff -t file | tc

       At the end of each page tc waits for a newline (empty line) from the keyboard before continuing on to the next page.  In this  wait  state,
       the  command  e will suppress the screen erase before the next page; sN will cause the next N pages to be skipped; and !line will send line
       to the shell.

       The command line options are:

       -t     Don't wait between pages; for directing output into a file.

       -sN    Skip the first N pages.

       -pL    Set page length to L.  L may include the scale factors p (points), i (inches), c (centimeters), and P (picas); default is picas.

       '-l w' Multiply the default aspect ratio, 1.5, of a displayed page by l/w.

SEE ALSO

       troff(1), plot(1G)

BUGS

       Font distinctions are lost.
       tc's character set is limited to ASCII in just one size.
       The aspect ratio option is unbelievable.

7th Edition							  April 29, 1985							     TC(1)

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)