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 typesetter. Nroff does the same, but produces output suitable for typewriter-like devices.
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 are:
- -olist
-
Print pages in the comma-separated list of numbers and ranges. A range N-M means N through M; initial -M means up to M; final N- means from N to the end.
- -nN
-
Number first generated page N.
- -mname
-
Process the macro file /usr/share/9base/troff/tmac/tmac.name before 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.
- -N
-
Produce output suitable for typewriter-like devices.
Typesetter devices (not -N) only
- -a
-
Send a printable textual approximation of the results to the standard output.
- -Tdest
-
Prepare output for typesetter dest:
- -Tutf
-
(The default.) PostScript printers with preprocessing to handle Unicode characters encoded in UTF
- -Tpost
-
Regular PostScript printers
- -T202
-
Mergenthaler Linotron 202
- -Fdir
-
Take font information from directory dir.
Typewriter (-N) output only
- -sN
-
Halt prior to every N pages (default N=1) to allow paper loading or changing.
- -Tname
-
Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names include utf for the normal Plan 9 UTF encoding of the Unicode Standard character set (default), 37 for the Teletype model 37, lp (`line-printer') for any terminal without half-line capability, 450 for the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm), and think (HP ThinkJet).
- -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/trtmp*
-
temporary file
- /tmac/tmac.*
-
standard macro files
- /troff/term/*
-
terminal driving tables for nroff
- /troff/font/*
-
font width tables for troff
SOURCE
/src/cmd/troff
SEE ALSO
lpr(1), proof(1), tr2post(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), pic(1), grap(1), doctype(1), ms(7), image(7), tex(1), deroff(1)
J. F. Ossanna and B. W. Kernighan, ``Troff User's Manual''
B. W. Kernighan, ``A TROFF Tutorial'', Unix Research System Programmer's Manual, Tenth Edition, Volume 2.