troff, nroff - text formatting and typesetting
troff [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
nroff [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
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.
- -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.
- -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.
- /tmp/trtmp*
- temporary file
- /tmac/tmac.*
- standard macro files
- /troff/term/*
- terminal driving tables for nroff
- /troff/font/*
- font width tables for troff
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.