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nroff - text formatting
SYNOPSIS
nroff
[ option ] ...
[ file ] ...
DESCRIPTION
Nroff
formats text in the named
files
for typewriter-like devices. See also
troff(1).
The full capabilities of
nroff
are described in the
Nroff/Troff User's Manual.
If no
file
argument is present, the standard input is read.
An argument consisting of a single minus
(-)
is taken to be a file name corresponding to the standard input.
The options, which may appear in any order so long as they appear
before
the files, are:
- -olist
-
Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated
list
of numbers and ranges. A range
N-M
means pages
N
through
M;
an initial
-N
means from the beginning to page
N;
and a final
N-
means from
N
to the end.
- -nN
-
Number first generated page
N.
- -sN
-
Stop every
N
pages.
Nroff
will halt prior to every
N
pages (default
N=1)
to allow paper loading or changing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline.
- -mname
-
Prepend the macro file
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name
to the input
files.
- -raN
-
Set register
a
(one-character) to
N.
- -i
-
Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
- -q
-
Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the
rd
request.
- -Tname
-
Prepare output for specified terminal. Known
names
are
37
for the (default) Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal,
tn300
for the GE TermiNet 300 (or any terminal without half-line capability),
300S
for the DASI-300S,
300
for the DASI-300,
and
450
for the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm).
- -e
-
Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full terminal resolution.
- -h
-
Use output tabs during horizontal spacing
to speed output and reduce output character count.
Tab settings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character widths.
FILES
/tmp/ta* temporary file
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files
/usr/lib/term/* terminal driving tables for
nroff
SEE ALSO
J. F. Ossanna,
Nroff/Troff user's manual
B. W. Kernighan,
A TROFF Tutorial
troff(1),
eqn(1),
tbl(1),
ms(7),
me(7),
man(7),
col(1)
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