NROFF(1) BSD Reference Manual NROFF(1)NAMEnroff - text formatting
SYNOPSISnroff [option] ... [file] ...
DESCRIPTION
Nroff formats text in the named files for typewriter-like devices. See
also troff(1). The full capabilities of nroff are described in the
Nroff/Troff User's Manual.
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, 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-separated
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.
-sN Stop every N pages. Nroff will halt prior to every N pages (de-
fault N=1) to allow paper loading or changing, and will resume
upon receipt of a newline.
-mname Prepend the macro file /usr/share/tmac/tmac.name to the input
files.
-raN Set register a (one-character) to N.
-i Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
-q Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request.
-Tname Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names are:
37 for the Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal,
col standard teletype terminal after processing through
col(1); linked to ascii and latin1, depends on the
helper application for reverse-line and half-line capa-
bility, otherwise identical to crt,
crt the default; linked to lpr and tn300, for the GE Ter-
miNet 300 (or any terminal without reverse-line or
half-line capability),
300 for the DTC 300,
302 for the DTC 302S and the DTC 300S,
382 for the DTC 382,
450 for the DTC 450 and the IPSI 1622,
833 for the AJ 832/833,
epson for the Epson FX-80,
itoh for the C:ITOH Prowriter
nec for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Courier-
72/Manifold thimble,
nec-t for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Tech-
Math/Times-Roman thimble,
nec25-t for the NEC-5525/7725 Spinwriter, with the Tech-
Math/Times-Roman thimble,
qume for the Qume Sprint 5 or 9,
x-ecs for the Xerox/Diablo 1730/630, extended character set,
xerox for the Xerox 17?0 or the Diablo 16?0. Most of these
also have versions for 12 pitch. See
/usr/share/tmac/README.tab for more information.
-e Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full termi-
nal 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.
-B Do not add a second blank after a full stop ("french spacing").
-c Ignored for compatibility with GNU groff. This option may impact
input processing compatibility.
FILES
/tmp/ta* Temporary file.
/usr/share/tmac/tmac.* Standard macro files
/usr/share/tmac/tab* Terminal driving tables for nroff.
SEE ALSOtroff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), ms(7), me(7), man(7), col(1)
J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff user's manual.
B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial.
HISTORY
An nroff command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. The version described
here appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. This code went into an open source
system with MirOS #5. Improved compatibility of MirNroff with GNU groff
was achieved with MirOS #10.
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