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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 is used for for  typewriter-like  devices.
       Their capabilities 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
	      (default N=1) to allow  paper  loading  or  changing,  and  will
	      resume   upon  receipt  of  a  newline.	Troff  will  stop  the
	      phototypesetter 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.

       Troff only

       -t     Direct   output	to   the   standard   output  instead  of  the
	      phototypesetter.

       -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
	      standard output.

       -pN    Print  all  characters  in  point	 size  N  while	 retaining all
	      prescribed  spacings  and	 motions,  to  reduce  phototypesetter
	      elapsed time.

       -Ffontdir
	      The  directory 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.

       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
       /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), ms(7), me(7), man(7), col(1)

7th Edition			April 29, 1985			      TROFF(1)
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