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.

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