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6 pdfmom - produce PDF documents using the mom macro package for groff
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9 pdfmom [-Tpdf] [groff-options] file ...
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11 pdfmom -Tps [pdfroff-options] [groff-options] file ...
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13 pdfmom -v
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16 pdfmom is a wrapper around groff(1) that facilitates the production of
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19 pdfmom prints to the standard output, so output must usually be redi‐
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23 If called with the -Tpdf option (which is the default), pdfmom pro‐
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26 Script driver. In either case, multiple runs of the source file are
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29 pdfmom accepts all the same options as groff. If -Tps is given, the
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37 PDF integration with the mom macros is discussed in full in the manual
38 Producing PDFs with groff and mom, which was itself produced with pdf‐
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41 If called with the -v option, pdfmom simply displays its version infor‐
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50 pfdmom was written by Deri James ⟨deri@chuzzlewit.demon.co.uk⟩ and
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54 Producing PDFs with groff and mom, by Deri James and Peter Schaffter; a
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