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TROFF(1)							      TROFF(1)

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 Graphic Systems
       C/A/T phototypesetter; nroff for typewriter-like devices.  Their	 capa‐
       bilities are described in the Nroff/Troff user's manual.

       If  no  file argument is present, the standard input is read.  An argu‐
       ment consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be a file name corre‐
       sponding	 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-sepa‐
	      rated  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
	      (default N=1) to allow  paper  loading  or  changing,  and  will
	      resume  upon  receipt  of a newline.  Troff will stop the photo‐
	      typesetter every N pages, produce a trailer  to  allow  changing
	      cassettes,  and  resume  when  the  typesetter's start button is
	      pressed.

       -mname Prepend the macro	 file  /usr/lib/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.

       Nroff only

       -Tname Prepare  output  for specified terminal.	Known names are 37 for
	      the (default) Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal, tn300  for
	      the  GE TermiNet 300 (or any terminal without half-line capabil‐
	      ity), 300S for the DASI-300S, 300 for the DASI-300, and 450  for
	      the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm).

       -e     Produce  equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full ter‐
	      minal 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.

       Troff only

       -t     Direct output to the standard output instead of  the  phototype‐
	      setter.

       -f     Refrain  from  feeding out paper and stopping phototypesetter at
	      the end of the run.

       -w     Wait until phototypesetter is available, if currently busy.

       -b     Report whether the phototypesetter is  busy  or  available.   No
	      text processing is done.

       -a     Send a printable ASCII approximation of the results to the stan‐
	      dard output.

       -pN    Print all characters in point size N while  retaining  all  pre‐
	      scribed  spacings and motions, to reduce phototypesetter elasped
	      time.

       -g     Prepare output for a GCOS phototypesetter and direct it  to  the
	      standard output (see gcat(1)).

       If  the	file  /usr/adm/tracct is writable, troff keeps phototypesetter
       accounting records there.  The integrity of that file may be secured by
       making troff a `set user-id' program.

FILES
       /usr/lib/suftab	     suffix hyphenation tables
       /tmp/ta*		     temporary file
       /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*  standard macro files
       /usr/lib/term/*	     terminal driving tables for nroff
       /usr/lib/font/*	     font width tables for troff
       /dev/cat		     phototypesetter
       /usr/adm/tracct	     accounting statistics for /dev/cat

SEE ALSO
       J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff user's manual
       B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial
       eqn(1), tbl(1)
       col(1), tk(1) (nroff only)
       tc(1), gcat(1) (troff only)

								      TROFF(1)
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