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 typesetter. Nroff does the same, but produces output suitable for typewriter-like devices.
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 corresponding to the standard input. The options are:
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-olist |
Print pages in the comma-separated list of numbers and ranges. A range N-M means N through M; initial -M means up to M; final N- means from N to the end. | ||
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-nN |
Number first generated page N. | ||
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-mname |
Process the macro file /usr/share/9base/troff/tmac/tmac.name before the input files. | ||
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-raN |
Set register a (one character name) to N. | ||
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-i |
Read standard input after the input files are exhausted. | ||
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-q |
Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request. | ||
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-N |
Produce output suitable for typewriter-like devices. |
Typesetter devices (not -N) only
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-a |
Send a printable textual approximation of the results to the standard output. | ||
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-Tdest |
Prepare output for typesetter dest: |
-Tutf
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(The default.) PostScript printers with preprocessing to handle Unicode characters encoded in UTF | |||
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-Tpost |
Regular PostScript printers | ||
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-T202 |
Mergenthaler Linotron 202 | ||
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-Fdir |
Take font information from directory dir.
Typewriter (-N) output only
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-sN |
Halt prior to every N pages (default N=1) to allow paper loading or changing. | ||
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-Tname |
Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names include utf for the normal Plan 9 UTF encoding of the Unicode Standard character set (default), 37 for the Teletype model 37, lp (’line-printer’) for any terminal without half-line capability, 450 for the DASI -450 (Diablo Hyterm), and think (HP ThinkJet). | ||
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-e |
Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full terminal resolution. | ||
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-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/trtmp*
temporary file
/tmac/tmac.*
standard macro files
/troff/term/*
terminal driving tables for nroff
/troff/font/*
font width tables for troff
SOURCE
/src/cmd/troff
SEE ALSO
lpr(1),
proof(1), tr2post(1), eqn(1),
tbl(1), pic(1), grap(1),
doctype(1), ms(7), image(7),
tex(1), deroff(1)
J. F. Ossanna and B. W. Kernighan, ’’Troff
User’s Manual’’
B. W. Kernighan, ’’A TROFF
Tutorial’’, Unix Research System
Programmer’s Manual, Tenth Edition, Volume 2.