From 6276172eab6aac0a83227fc16c05652453027cac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: CSRG Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1983 01:14:12 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] BSD 4_2 development Work on file usr/man/man1/troff.1 Synthesized-from: CSRG/cd1/4.2 --- usr/man/man1/troff.1 | 156 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 156 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr/man/man1/troff.1 diff --git a/usr/man/man1/troff.1 b/usr/man/man1/troff.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e076a7f2d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/man/man1/troff.1 @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +.TH TROFF 1 "7 February 1983" +.SH NAME +troff, nroff \- text formatting and typesetting +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B troff +[ option ] ... +[ file ] ... +.PP +.B nroff +[ option ] ... +[ file ] ... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Troff +formats text in the named +.I files +for printing on a Graphic Systems C/A/T phototypesetter; +.I nroff +is used for for typewriter-like devices. +Their capabilities are described in the +.I Nroff/Troff user's manual. +.PP +If no +.I file +argument is present, the standard input is read. +An argument consisting of a single minus +.RB ( \- ) +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: +.TP "\w'\f3\-m\f1name 'u" +.BI \-o list +Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated +.I list +of numbers and ranges. +A range +.IB N \- M +means pages +.I N +through +.IR M ; +an initial +.I \-N +means from the beginning to page +.IR N ; +and a final +.IR N \- +means from +.I N +to the end. +.TP +.BI \-n N +Number first generated page +.IR N . +.TP +.BI \-s N +Stop every +.I N +pages. +.I Nroff +will halt prior to every +.I N +pages (default +.IR N =1) +to allow paper loading or changing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline. +.I Troff +will stop the phototypesetter every +.I N +pages, produce a trailer to allow changing cassettes, +and resume when the typesetter's start button is pressed. +.TP +.BI \-m name +Prepend the macro file +.BI /usr/lib/tmac/tmac. name +to the input +.IR files . +.TP +.BI \-r aN +Set register +.I a +(one-character) to +.IR N . +.TP +.B \-i +Read standard input after the input files are exhausted. +.TP +.B \-q +Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the +.B rd +request. +.HP +.bd I 3 +.I Troff only +.br +.bd I +.TP +.B \-t +Direct output to the standard output instead of the phototypesetter. +.TP +.B \-f +Refrain from feeding out paper and stopping +phototypesetter at the end of the run. +.TP +.B \-w +Wait until phototypesetter is available, if currently busy. +.TP +.B \-b +Report whether the phototypesetter is busy or available. +No text processing is done. +.TP +.B \-a +Send a printable ASCII approximation of the results to the standard output. +.TP +.BR \-p N +Print all characters in point size +.I N +while retaining all prescribed spacings and motions, +to reduce phototypesetter elapsed time. +.TP +.BI \-F fontdir +The directory +.I fontdir contains the font width tables instead of the default directory +/usr/lib/fonts. This option can be used to produce output for devices +besides the phototypesetter. +.PP +If the file +.I /usr/adm/tracct +is writable, +.I troff +keeps phototypesetter accounting records there. +The integrity of that file may be secured by making +.I troff +a 'set user-id' program. +.SH FILES +.ta \w'/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* 'u +/tmp/ta* temporary file +.br +/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files +.br +/usr/lib/term/* terminal driving tables for +.I nroff +.br +/usr/lib/font/* font width tables for +.I troff +.br +/dev/cat phototypesetter +.br +/usr/adm/tracct accounting statistics for /dev/cat +.SH "SEE ALSO" +J. F. Ossanna, +.I Nroff/Troff user's manual +.br +B. W. Kernighan, +.I +A TROFF Tutorial +.br +eqn(1), tbl(1), ms(7), me(7), man(7), col(1) -- 2.20.1