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groff - front end for the groff document formatting system
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\bSY
\bYN
\bNO
\bOP
\bPS
\bSI
\bIS
\bS
g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf [ -
\b-t
\btp
\bpe
\bes
\bsz
\bza
\bai
\biv
\bvh
\bhb
\bbl
\blC
\bCE
\bEN
\bNR
\bRV
\bVX
\bXZ
\bZ ] [ -
\b-w
\bw_
\bn_
\ba_
\bm_
\be ] [ -
\b-W
\bW_
\bn_
\ba_
\bm_
\be ] [
-
\b-m
\bm_
\bn_
\ba_
\bm_
\be ] [ -
\b-F
\bF_
\bd_
\bi_
\br ] [ -
\b-T
\bT_
\bd_
\be_
\bv ] [ -
\b-f
\bf_
\bf_
\ba_
\bm ] [ -
\b-M
\bM_
\bd_
\bi_
\br ] [ -
\b-d
\bd_
\bc_
\bs ]
[ -
\b-r
\br_
\bc_
\bn ] [ -
\b-n
\bn_
\bn_
\bu_
\bm ] [ -
\b-o
\bo_
\bl_
\bi_
\bs_
\bt ] [ -
\b-P
\bP_
\ba_
\br_
\bg ] [ _
\bf_
\bi_
\bl_
\be_
\bs... ]
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\bDE
\bES
\bSC
\bCR
\bRI
\bIP
\bPT
\bTI
\bIO
\bON
\bN
g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf is a front-end to the groff document formatting sys-
tem. Normally it runs the t
\btr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf program and a postproces-
sor appropriate for the selected device. Available
p
\bps
\bs For PostScript printers and previewers
d
\bdv
\bvi
\bi For TeX dvi format
X
\bX7
\b75
\b5 For a 75 dpi X11 previewer
X
\bX1
\b10
\b00
\b0 For a 100dpi X11 previewer
a
\bas
\bsc
\bci
\bii
\bi For typewriter-like devices
l
\bla
\bat
\bti
\bin
\bn1
\b1 For typewriter-like devices using the ISO Latin-1
The postprocessor to be used for a device is specified by
the p
\bpo
\bos
\bst
\btp
\bpr
\bro
\bo command in the device description file. This
can be overridden with the -
\b-X
\bX option.
The default device is p
\bps
\bs. It can optionally preprocess
with any of p
\bpi
\bic
\bc, e
\beq
\bqn
\bn, t
\btb
\bbl
\bl, r
\bre
\bef
\bfe
\ber
\br, or s
\bso
\boe
\bel
\bli
\bim
\bm.
\b.
Options without an argument can be grouped behind a single
-
\b-. A filename of -
\b- denotes the standard input.
The g
\bgr
\bro
\bog
\bg command can be used to guess the correct groff
command to use to format a file.
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\bOP
\bPT
\bTI
\bIO
\bON
\bNS
\bS
-
\b-h
\bh Print a help message.
-
\b-e
\be Preprocess with eqn.
-
\b-t
\bt Preprocess with tbl.
-
\b-p
\bp Preprocess with pic.
-
\b-s
\bs Preprocess with soelim.
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\b-R
\bR Preprocess with refer. No mechanism is provided
for passing arguments to r
\bre
\bef
\bfe
\ber
\br because most refer
options have equivalent commands which can be
included in the file. See r
\bre
\bef
\bfe
\ber
\br(1) for more
-
\b-v
\bv Make programs run by g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf print out their version
-
\b-V
\bV Print the pipeline on stdout instead of executing
-
\b-z
\bz Suppress output from t
\btr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf. Only error messages
-
\b-Z
\bZ Do not postprocess the output of t
\btr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf. Normally
g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf will automatically run the appropriate post-
-
\b-P
\bP_
\ba_
\br_
\bg Pass _
\ba_
\br_
\bg to the postprocessor. Each argument
should be passed with a separate -
\b-P
\bP option. Note
that g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf does not prepend -
\b- to _
\ba_
\br_
\bg before passing
-
\b-l
\bl Send the output to a printer. The command used for
this is specified by the p
\bpr
\bri
\bin
\bnt
\bt command in the
-
\b-L
\bL_
\ba_
\br_
\bg Pass _
\ba_
\br_
\bg to the spooler. Each argument should be
passed with a separate -
\b-L
\bL option. Note that g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf
does not prepend -
\b- to _
\ba_
\br_
\bg before passing it to the
-
\b-T
\bT_
\bd_
\be_
\bv Prepare output for device _
\bd_
\be_
\bv. The default device
-
\b-X
\bX Preview with g
\bgx
\bxd
\bdi
\bit
\btv
\bvi
\bie
\bew
\bw instead of using the usual
postprocessor. This is unlikely to produce good
results except with -
\b-T
\bTp
\bps
\bs.
-
\b-N
\bN Don't allow newlines with eqn delimiters. This is
the same as the -
\b-N
\bN option in e
\beq
\bqn
\bn.
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\b-n
\bn_
\bn_
\bu_
\bm These are as described in t
\btr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf(1).
\b.
E
\bEN
\bNV
\bVI
\bIR
\bRO
\bON
\bNM
\bME
\bEN
\bNT
\bT
G
\bGR
\bRO
\bOF
\bFF
\bF_
\b_C
\bCO
\bOM
\bMM
\bMA
\bAN
\bND
\bD_
\b_P
\bPR
\bRE
\bEF
\bFI
\bIX
\bX
If this is set _
\bX, then g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf will run _
\bXt
\btr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf
instead of t
\btr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf. This also applies to t
\btb
\bbl
\bl, p
\bpi
\bic
\bc,
e
\beq
\bqn
\bn, r
\bre
\bef
\bfe
\ber
\br and s
\bso
\boe
\bel
\bli
\bim
\bm. It does not apply to g
\bgr
\bro
\bop
\bps
\bs,
g
\bgr
\bro
\bod
\bdv
\bvi
\bi, g
\bgr
\bro
\bot
\btt
\bty
\by and g
\bgx
\bxd
\bdi
\bit
\btv
\bvi
\bie
\bew
\bw.
G
\bGR
\bRO
\bOF
\bFF
\bF_
\b_T
\bTM
\bMA
\bAC
\bC_
\b_P
\bPA
\bAT
\bTH
\bH
A colon separated list of directories in which to
G
\bGR
\bRO
\bOF
\bFF
\bF_
\b_T
\bTY
\bYP
\bPE
\bES
\bSE
\bET
\bTT
\bTE
\bER
\bR
G
\bGR
\bRO
\bOF
\bFF
\bF_
\b_F
\bFO
\bON
\bNT
\bT_
\b_P
\bPA
\bAT
\bTH
\bH
A colon separated list of directories in which to
search for the d
\bde
\bev
\bv_
\bn_
\ba_
\bm_
\be directory.
P
\bPA
\bAT
\bTH
\bH The search path for commands executed by g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf.
G
\bGR
\bRO
\bOF
\bFF
\bF_
\b_T
\bTM
\bMP
\bPD
\bDI
\bIR
\bR
The directory in which temporary files will be cre-
ated. If this is not set and T
\bTM
\bMP
\bPD
\bDI
\bIR
\bR is set, tempo-
rary files will be created in that directory. Oth-
erwise temporary files will be created in /
\b/t
\btm
\bmp
\bp.
The g
\bgr
\bro
\bop
\bps
\bs(1) and r
\bre
\bef
\bfe
\ber
\br(1) commands can create tem-
/
\b/u
\bus
\bsr
\br/
\b/s
\bsh
\bha
\bar
\bre
\be/
\b/g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf_
\b_f
\bfo
\bon
\bnt
\bt/
\b/d
\bde
\bev
\bv_
\bn_
\ba_
\bm_
\be/
\b/D
\bDE
\bES
\bSC
\bC
Device description file for device _
\bn_
\ba_
\bm_
\be.
/
\b/u
\bus
\bsr
\br/
\b/s
\bsh
\bha
\bar
\bre
\be/
\b/g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf_
\b_f
\bfo
\bon
\bnt
\bt/
\b/d
\bde
\bev
\bv_
\bn_
\ba_
\bm_
\be/
\b/_
\bF
Font file for font _
\bF of device _
\bn_
\ba_
\bm_
\be.
James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>
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\bOP
\bPY
\bYR
\bRI
\bIG
\bGH
\bHT
\bT
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\bIL
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\bIL
\bLI
\bIT
\bTY
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\bSE
\bEE
\bE A
\bAL
\bLS
\bSO
\bO
g
\bgr
\bro
\bog
\bg(1), t
\btr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf(1), t
\btb
\bbl
\bl(1), p
\bpi
\bic
\bc(1), e
\beq
\bqn
\bn(1), s
\bso
\boe
\bel
\bli
\bim
\bm(1),
\b,
r
\bre
\bef
\bfe
\ber
\br(1), g
\bgr
\bro
\bop
\bps
\bs(1), g
\bgr
\bro
\bod
\bdv
\bvi
\bi(1), g
\bgr
\bro
\bot
\btt
\bty
\by(1), g
\bgx
\bxd
\bdi
\bit
\btv
\bvi
\bie
\bew
\bw(1),
g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf_
\b_f
\bfo
\bon
\bnt
\bt(5), g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf_
\b_o
\bou
\but
\bt(5), g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf_
\b_m
\bms
\bs(7), g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf_
\b_m
\bme
\be(7),
g
\bgr
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf_
\b_c
\bch
\bha
\bar
\br(7)
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