1roff2x(1) General Commands Manual roff2x(1)
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6 roff2x - transform roff code into x mode
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9 roff2x [groffer_option...] [--] [filespec...]
10 roff2x -h | --help
11 roff2x -v | --version
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13 The options -v and --version print the version information of the pro‐
14 gram to standard output and exit. The options -h and --help print a
15 usage information of the program to standard output and stop the pro‐
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18 All other options are assumed to be groffer options. They are inter‐
19 nally passed to groffer. They override the behavior of the program.
20 The options are optional, they can be omitted.
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22 The filespec arguments correspond to the filespec arguments of groffer.
23 So they are either the names of existing, readable files or - for stan‐
24 dard input, or the name of a man page or a groffer(1) man page search
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29 roff2x transforms roff code into X mode corresponding to the groff
30 devices X*; this mode is suitable for gxditview(1). Print the result
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36 roff2dvi(1)
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39 roff2html(1)
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42 roff2pdf(1)
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52 groff(1), groffer(1), roff2dvi(1), roff2html(1), roff2pdf(1),
53 roff2ps(1), roff2text(1), gxditview(1).
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56 This file was written by Bernd Warken <groff-bernd.warken-72@web.de>.
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59 Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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61 This file is part of groffer, which is part of groff, a free software
62 project. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
63 the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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66 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
67 with groff, see the files COPYING and LICENSE in the top directory of
68 the groff source package. Or read the man page gpl(1). You can also
69 write to the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor,
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