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| 3 | <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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[8fcc2c0] | 4 |
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[087e584] | 5 | <para>(Last checked against version &groff-contversion;.)</para>
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[6370fa6] | 6 |
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[a17c94d] | 7 | <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
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[6370fa6] | 8 |
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[978d0bf] | 9 | <para><command>addftinfo</command> reads a troff font file and adds some
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| 10 | additional font-metric information that is used by the groff system.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 11 |
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[978d0bf] | 12 | <para><command>afmtodit</command> creates a font file for use with
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| 13 | groff and grops.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 14 |
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[978d0bf] | 15 | <para><command>eqn</command> compiles descriptions of equations embedded
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| 16 | within troff input files into commands that are understood by troff.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 17 |
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[978d0bf] | 18 | <para><command>grn</command> is a groff preprocessor for gremlin files.</para>
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[f419bd8] | 19 |
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[978d0bf] | 20 | <para><command>grodvi</command> is a driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 21 |
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[978d0bf] | 22 | <para><command>groff</command> is a front-end to the groff document
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| 23 | formatting system. Normally it runs the troff program and a post-processor
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| 24 | appropriate for the selected device.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 25 |
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[978d0bf] | 26 | <para><command>grog</command> reads files and guesses which of the groff
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| 27 | options -e, -man, -me, -mm, -ms, -p, -s, and -t are required for printing
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| 28 | files, and reports the groff command including those options.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 29 |
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[978d0bf] | 30 | <para><command>grolbp</command> is a groff driver for Canon CAPSL printers
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| 31 | (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers).</para>
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[6370fa6] | 32 |
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[978d0bf] | 33 | <para><command>grolj4</command> is a driver for groff that produces output
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| 34 | in PCL5 format suitable for an HP Laserjet 4 printer.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 35 |
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[978d0bf] | 36 | <para><command>grops</command> translates the output of GNU troff to
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| 37 | Postscript.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 38 |
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[978d0bf] | 39 | <para><command>grotty</command> translates the output of GNU troff into
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| 40 | a form suitable for typewriter-like devices.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 41 |
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[978d0bf] | 42 | <para><command>gtbl</command> is the GNU implementation of tbl.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 43 |
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[978d0bf] | 44 | <para><command>hpftodit</command> creates a font file for use with
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| 45 | groff -Tlj4 from an HP-tagged font metric file.</para>
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[f419bd8] | 46 |
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[978d0bf] | 47 | <para><command>indxbib</command> makes an inverted index for the
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| 48 | bibliographic databases a specified file for use with refer, lookbib,
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| 49 | and lkbib.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 50 |
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[978d0bf] | 51 | <para><command>lkbib</command> searches bibliographic databases for
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| 52 | references that contain specified keys and reports any references found.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 53 |
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[978d0bf] | 54 | <para><command>lookbib</command> prints a prompt on the standard error
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| 55 | (unless the standard input is not a terminal), reads from the standard input
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| 56 | a line containing a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases in
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| 57 | a specified file for references containing those keywords, prints any
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| 58 | references found on the standard output and repeats this process until the
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| 59 | end of input.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 60 |
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[978d0bf] | 61 | <para><command>mmroff</command> is a simple preprocessor for groff.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 62 |
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[978d0bf] | 63 | <para><command>neqn</command> formats equations for ascii output.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 64 |
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[978d0bf] | 65 | <para><command>nroff</command> is a script that emulates the nroff command
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| 66 | using groff.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 67 |
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[978d0bf] | 68 | <para><command>pfbtops</command> translates a Postscript font in .pfb
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| 69 | format to ASCII.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 70 |
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[978d0bf] | 71 | <para><command>pic</command> compiles descriptions of pictures embedded
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| 72 | within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or troff.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 73 |
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[978d0bf] | 74 | <para><command>pre-grohtml </command> translates the output of GNU troff
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| 75 | to html.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 76 |
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[978d0bf] | 77 | <para><command>post-grohtml</command> translates the output of GNU troff
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| 78 | to html.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 79 |
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[978d0bf] | 80 | <para><command>refer</command> copies the contents of a file to the
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| 81 | standard output, except that lines between .[ and .] are interpreted as
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| 82 | citations, and lines between .R1 and .R2 are interpreted as commands about
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| 83 | how citations are to be processed.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 84 |
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[978d0bf] | 85 | <para><command>soelim</command> reads files and replaces lines of the form
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| 86 | <emphasis>.so file</emphasis> by the contents of the mentioned
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| 87 | <emphasis>file</emphasis>.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 88 |
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[978d0bf] | 89 | <para><command>tbl</command> compiles descriptions of tables embedded
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| 90 | within troff input files into commands that are understood by troff.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 91 |
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[978d0bf] | 92 | <para><command>tfmtodit</command> creates a font file for use with
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| 93 | groff -Tdvi.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 94 |
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[978d0bf] | 95 | <para><command>troff</command> is highly compatible with Unix troff.
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| 96 | Usually it should be invoked using the groff command, which will also run
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| 97 | preprocessors and post-processors in the appropriate order and with the
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| 98 | appropriate options.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 99 |
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[978d0bf] | 100 | <para><command>zsoelim</command> is the GNU implementation of soelim.</para>
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[f419bd8] | 101 |
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[bdc08c1] | 102 | </sect3>
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[6370fa6] | 103 |
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| 104 | </sect2>
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[978d0bf] | 105 |
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