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 ....]
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11 roff2x -h|--help
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13 roff2x -v|--version
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15 The options -v and --version print the version information of the pro‐
16 gram to standard output and exit. The options -h and --help print a
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20 All other options are assumed to be groffer options. They are inter‐
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22 The options are optional, they can be omitted.
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24 The filespec arguments correspond to the filespec arguments of groffer.
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26 dard input, or the name of a man page or a groffer(1) man page search
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31 roff2x transforms roff code into X mode corresponding to the groff
32 devices X*; this mode is suitable for gxditview(1). Print the result
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35 There are more of these programs for generating other formats of roff
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38 roff2dvi(1)
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54 groff(1), groffer(1), roff2dvi(1), roff2html(1), roff2pdf(1),
55 roff2ps(1), roff2text(1), gxditview(1).
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58 Copyright © 2006-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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60 This file is part of groffer, which is part of GNU groff, a free soft‐
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63 You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
64 General Public License version 2 (GPL2) as published by the Free Soft‐
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71 This file was written by Bernd Warken ⟨groff-bernd.warken-72@web.de⟩.
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75Groff Version 1.22.3 29 January 2020 roff2x(1)