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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 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/lib/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. Nroff only -Tname Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names are 37 for the (default) Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal, tn300 for the GE TermiNet 300 (or any terminal without half-line capability), 300S for the DASI-300S, 300 for the DASI-300, and 450 for the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm). -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. 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 elasped time. -g Prepare output for a GCOS phototypesetter and direct it to the standard output (see gcat(1)). 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
/usr/lib/suftab suffix hyphenation tables /tmp/ta* temporary file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files /usr/lib/term/* terminal driving tables for nroff /usr/lib/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) col(1), tk(1) (nroff only) tc(1), gcat(1) (troff only) TROFF(1)

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nroff(1)						      General Commands Manual							  nroff(1)

Name
       nroff - format text

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

Description
       The  command  formats  text  in	the named files for typewriter-like devices.  For further information, see the appropriate *roff reference
       pages.  The full capabilities of are described in the "Nroff/Troff User's Manual" found in the Supplementary Documents, Volume  1:  General
       User.

       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.

Options
       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.   The command halts prior to every N pages (default N=1) to allow paper loading or changing, and resumes
		   upon receipt of a new line.

       -mname	   Prepend the macro file 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.

       -Tname	   Prepare output for specified terminal.  Known names are the tabname files in The default name is tab37 for the Teletype  Corpo-
		   ration Model 37 terminal.

       -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/ta* 	     temporary file
       /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*  standard macro files
       /usr/lib/term/*	     terminal driving tables for

See Also
       col(1), tbl(1), term(5), man(7), me(7), ms(7), term(7)
       The Big Gray Book: The Next Step with ULTRIX
       "Nroff/Troff User's Manual" and "A TROFF Tutorial" in the Supplementary Documents, Volume 1: General User

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