1TROFF(1) General Commands Manual TROFF(1)
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6 troff, nroff - text formatting and typesetting
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9 troff [ option ] ... [ file ] ...
10 nroff [ option ] ... [ file ] ...
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14 Troff formats text in the named files for printing on a Graphic Systems
15 C/A/T phototypesetter; nroff for typewriter-like devices. Their capa‐
16 bilities are described in the Nroff/Troff user's manual.
17 If no file argument is present, the standard input is read. An argu‐
19 ment consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be a file name corre‐
20 sponding to the standard input. The options, which may appear in any
21 order so long as they appear before the files, are:
22 -olist Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-sepa‐
24 rated list of numbers and ranges. A range N-M means pages N
25 through M; an initial -N means from the beginning to page N; and
26 a final N- means from N to the end.
27 -nN Number first generated page N.
29 -sN Stop every N pages. Nroff will halt prior to every N pages
31 (default N=1) to allow paper loading or changing, and will
32 resume upon receipt of a newline. Troff will stop the photo‐
33 typesetter every N pages, produce a trailer to allow changing
34 cassettes, and resume when the typesetter's start button is
35 pressed.
36 -mname Prepend the macro file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name to the input
38 files.
39 -raN Set register a (one-character) to N.
41 -i Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
43 -q Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request.
45 NNrrooffff oonnllyy
47 -Tname Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names are 37 for
49 the (default) Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal, tn300 for
50 the GE TermiNet 300 (or any terminal without half-line capabil‐
51 ity), 300S for the DASI-300S, 300 for the DASI-300, and 450 for
52 the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm).
53 -e Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full ter‐
55 minal resolution.
56 -h Use output tabs during horizontal spacing to speed output and
58 reduce output character count. Tab settings are assumed to be
59 every 8 nominal character widths.
60 TTrrooffff oonnllyy
62 -t Direct output to the standard output instead of the phototype‐
64 setter.
65 -f Refrain from feeding out paper and stopping phototypesetter at
67 the end of the run.
68 -w Wait until phototypesetter is available, if currently busy.
70 -b Report whether the phototypesetter is busy or available. No
72 text processing is done.
73 -a Send a printable ASCII approximation of the results to the stan‐
75 dard output.
76 -pN Print all characters in point size N while retaining all pre‐
78 scribed spacings and motions, to reduce phototypesetter elasped
79 time.
80 -g Prepare output for a GCOS phototypesetter and direct it to the
82 standard output (see gcat(1)).
83 If the file /usr/adm/tracct is writable, troff keeps phototypesetter
85 accounting records there. The integrity of that file may be secured by
86 making troff a `set user-id' program.
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89 /usr/lib/suftab suffix hyphenation tables
90 /tmp/ta* temporary file
91 /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files
92 /usr/lib/term/* terminal driving tables for nroff
93 /usr/lib/font/* font width tables for troff
94 /dev/cat phototypesetter
95 /usr/adm/tracct accounting statistics for /dev/cat
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98 J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff user's manual
99 B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial
100 eqn(1), tbl(1)
101 col(1), tk(1) (nroff only)
102 tc(1), gcat(1) (troff only)
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