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.RP
.....TM 76-1273-7 39199 39199-11
.TL
A TROFF Tutorial
.AU "MH 2C-518" 6021
Brian W. Kernighan
.AI
.MH
.OK
Typesetting
Text formatting
NROFF
.AB
.PP
.UL troff
is a text-formatting program for driving the Graphic Systems
phototypesetter on the
.UX
and
.UC GCOS
operating systems.
This device is capable of producing high quality
text;
this paper is an example of
.UL troff
output.
.PP
The phototypesetter itself normally runs with four fonts,
containing roman, italic and bold letters 
(as on this page),
a full greek alphabet, and a substantial number of
special characters and mathematical symbols.
Characters can be printed in a range of sizes,
and placed anywhere on the page.
.PP
.UL troff
allows the user full control over fonts,
sizes, and character positions,
as well as the usual features of a formatter _
right-margin justification, automatic hyphenation,
page titling and numbering, and so on.
It also provides macros, arithmetic variables and operations,
and conditional testing, for complicated formatting tasks.
.PP
This document is an introduction to the most basic use of
.UL troff .
It presents just enough information to enable the user
to do simple formatting
tasks like making viewgraphs,
and to make incremental changes to existing packages
of
.UL troff
commands.
In most respects, the 
.UC UNIX
formatter
.UL nroff
is identical to
.UL troff ,
so this document also serves as a tutorial on
.UL nroff .
.AE
.CS 13 1 14 0 0 5
.if t .2C
.nr PS 9
.nr VS 11
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8340f87c BJ	1	.RP
	2	.....TM 76-1273-7 39199 39199-11
	3	.TL
	4	A TROFF Tutorial
	5	.AU "MH 2C-518" 6021
	6	Brian W. Kernighan
	7	.AI
	8	.MH
	9	.OK
	10	Typesetting
	11	Text formatting
	12	NROFF
	13	.AB
	14	.PP
	15	.UL troff
	16	is a text-formatting program for driving the Graphic Systems
	17	phototypesetter on the
	18	.UX
	19	and
	20	.UC GCOS
	21	operating systems.
	22	This device is capable of producing high quality
	23	text;
	24	this paper is an example of
	25	.UL troff
	26	output.
	27	.PP
	28	The phototypesetter itself normally runs with four fonts,
	29	containing roman, italic and bold letters
	30	(as on this page),
	31	a full greek alphabet, and a substantial number of
	32	special characters and mathematical symbols.
	33	Characters can be printed in a range of sizes,
	34	and placed anywhere on the page.
	35	.PP
	36	.UL troff
	37	allows the user full control over fonts,
	38	sizes, and character positions,
	39	as well as the usual features of a formatter _
	40	right-margin justification, automatic hyphenation,
	41	page titling and numbering, and so on.
	42	It also provides macros, arithmetic variables and operations,
	43	and conditional testing, for complicated formatting tasks.
	44	.PP
	45	This document is an introduction to the most basic use of
	46	.UL troff .
	47	It presents just enough information to enable the user
	48	to do simple formatting
	49	tasks like making viewgraphs,
	50	and to make incremental changes to existing packages
	51	of
	52	.UL troff
	53	commands.
	54	In most respects, the
	55	.UC UNIX
	56	formatter
	57	.UL nroff
	58	is identical to
	59	.UL troff ,
	60	so this document also serves as a tutorial on
	61	.UL nroff .
	62	.AE
	63	.CS 13 1 14 0 0 5
	64	.if t .2C
65	.nr PS 9
66	.nr VS 11