1ROFFBIB(1)                  General Commands Manual                 ROFFBIB(1)
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NAME

6       roffbib - run off bibliographic database
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SYNOPSIS

9       roffbib  [  -e ] [ -h ] [ -n ] [ -o ] [ -r ] [ -s ] [ -Tterm ] [ -x ] [
10       -m mac ] [ -V ] [ -Q ] [ file ... ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Roffbib prints out all records in a bibliographic database, in bibliog‐
14       raphy  format  rather  than  as footnotes or endnotes.  Generally it is
15       used in conjunction with sortbib:
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17              sortbib  database | roffbib
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19       Roffbib accepts most of the options understood by nroff(1), most impor‐
20       tantly the -T flag to specify terminal type.
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22       If  abstracts or comments are entered following the %X field key, roff‐
23       bib will format them into paragraphs  for  an  annotated  bibliography.
24       Several  %X  fields  may  be given if several annotation paragraphs are
25       desired.  The -x flag will suppress the printing of these abstracts.
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27       A user-defined set of macros may be  specified  after  the  -m  option.
28       There  should  be  a space between the -m and the macro filename.  This
29       set    of    macros    will    replace    the    ones    defined     in
30       /usr/share/tmac/tmac.bib.   The  -V  flag  will send output to the Ver‐
31       satec; the -Q flag will queue output for the phototypesetter.
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33       Four command-line registers control formatting style of the  bibliogra‐
34       phy,  much  like the number registers of ms(7).  The command-line argu‐
35       ment -rN1 will number the references starting at  one  (1).   The  flag
36       -rV2  will  double space the bibliography, while -rV1 will double space
37       references but single space annotation paragraphs.  The line length can
38       be changed from the default 6.5 inches to 6 inches with the -rL6i argu‐
39       ment, and the page offset can be set from the default of 0 to one  inch
40       by  specifying  -rO1i  (capital O, not zero).  Note: with the -V and -Q
41       flags the default page offset is already one inch.
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FILES

44       /usr/share/tmac/tmac.bib  file of macros used by nroff/troff
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SEE ALSO

47       refer(1), addbib(1), sortbib(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1)
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BUGS

50       Users have to rewrite macros to create customized formats.
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544.2 Berkeley Distribution      October 22, 1996                     ROFFBIB(1)
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