term% cat index.txt TROFF(1) General Commands Manual TROFF(1)
NAME
troff, nroff - text formatting and typesetting
SYNOPSIS
troff [ option ] ... [ file ] ...
nroff [ option ] ... [ file ] ...
DESCRIPTION
Troff formats text in the named files for printing on a phototypeset‐
ter; nroff for typewriter-like devices. Their capabilities are de‐
scribed in the Nroff/Troff user's manual.
If no file argument is present, the standard input is read. An argu‐
ment consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be a file name corre‐
sponding 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-sepa‐
rated 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.
-mname Prepend the macro file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name to the input
files.
-raN Set register a (one character name) to N.
-i Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
-q Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request.
-z produce no output: diagnostics and .tm messages only
Troff only
-a Send a printable ASCII approximation of the results to the stan‐
dard output.
-Tdest Prepare output for typesetter dest. -T202 = Mergenthaler
Linotron 202 (default), -Tcat = Graphic Systems C/A/T, -Taps =
Autologic APS-5.
-Fdir take font information from directory dir
Nroff only
-sN 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.
-Tname Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names include 37
for the (default) Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal, lp
(‘line-printer') for any terminal without half-line capability,
450 for the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm), and think (HP ThinkJet,
see think(9)).
-e Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full ter‐
minal 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.
If the file /usr/adm/tracct is writable, troff writes phototypesetter
accounting records there. The integrity of that file may be secured by
making troff a ‘set user-id' program.
FILES
/tmp/trtmp* temporary file
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files
/usr/lib/term/* terminal driving tables for nroff
/usr/lib/font/* font width tables for troff
/usr/adm/tracct accounting statistics for troff
SEE ALSO
J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff user's manual
B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial
d202(1), proof(9.1), apsend(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), refer(1), pic(1),
ideal(1), ped(9.1), doctype(1), ms(7)
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