NAME
deroff − remove roff and preprocessor constructs
SYNOPSIS
deroff [-w] {file(s)}
DESCRIPTION
deroff reads in the named files (or stdin if none are given) and strips out troff constructs and macros. The preprocessor (eqn, tbl, pic, grap, and vgrind) sections are removed entirely. The resulting output, suitable for spelling, is sent to stdout.
OPTIONS
|
−w |
output a word-by-word list, delimited by newlines. |
SEE ALSO
troff(1), eqn(1), pic(1), grap(1), vgrind(1).
BUGS
deroff
is not a full troff(1) interpreter; in particular it
doesn’t know how to expand macros and how to treat
m[mse]’s registers.
Macros are assumed to end with .. and are simply
skipped.
deroff can be fooled with circular .nx requests.
The .so request deepness is limited.
AUTHOR
David Frey <david [AT] eos.ch>