1roff2dvi(1) General Commands Manual roff2dvi(1)
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6 roff2dvi - transform roff code into dvi mode
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9 roff2dvi [groffer-option ...] [--] [filespec ...]
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11 roff2dvi -h
12 roff2dvi --help
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14 roff2dvi -v
15 roff2dvi --version
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17 The options -v and --version print the version information of the pro‐
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19 usage information of the program to standard output and stop the pro‐
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22 All other options are assumed to be groffer options. They are inter‐
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26 The filespec arguments correspond to the filespec arguments of groffer.
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33 roff2dvi transforms roff code into dvi mode. Print the result to stan‐
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36 There are more of these programs for generating other formats of roff
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56 roff2dvi was written by Bernd Warken ⟨groff-bernd.warken-72@web.de⟩.
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59 groff(1), groffer(1), roff2html(1), roff2pdf(1), roff2ps(1),
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