[6370fa6] | 1 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 2 | <title>Contents</title>
|
---|
| 3 |
|
---|
| 4 | <para>
|
---|
| 5 | The Groff packages contains the addftinfo, afmtodit, eqn, grodvi, groff,
|
---|
| 6 | grog, grohtml, grolj4, grops, grotty, hpftodit, indxbib, lkbib, lookbib,
|
---|
| 7 | neqn, nroff, pfbtops, pic, psbb, refer, soelim, tbl, tfmtodit and troff
|
---|
| 8 | programs.
|
---|
| 9 | </para>
|
---|
| 10 |
|
---|
| 11 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 12 |
|
---|
| 13 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
|
---|
| 14 |
|
---|
| 15 | <sect3><title>addftinfo</title>
|
---|
| 16 |
|
---|
| 17 | <para>
|
---|
| 18 | addftinfo reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric
|
---|
| 19 | information that is used by the groff system.
|
---|
| 20 | </para>
|
---|
| 21 |
|
---|
| 22 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 23 |
|
---|
| 24 | <sect3><title>afmtodit</title>
|
---|
| 25 |
|
---|
| 26 | <para>
|
---|
| 27 | afmtodit creates a font file for use with groff and grops.
|
---|
| 28 | </para>
|
---|
| 29 |
|
---|
| 30 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 31 |
|
---|
| 32 | <sect3><title>eqn</title>
|
---|
| 33 |
|
---|
| 34 | <para>
|
---|
| 35 | eqn compiles descriptions of equations embedded within troff input files
|
---|
| 36 | into commands that are understood by troff.
|
---|
| 37 | </para>
|
---|
| 38 |
|
---|
| 39 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 40 |
|
---|
| 41 | <sect3><title>grodvi</title>
|
---|
| 42 |
|
---|
| 43 | <para>
|
---|
| 44 | grodvi is a driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format.
|
---|
| 45 | </para>
|
---|
| 46 |
|
---|
| 47 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 48 |
|
---|
| 49 | <sect3><title>groff</title>
|
---|
| 50 |
|
---|
| 51 | <para>
|
---|
| 52 | groff is a front-end to the groff document formatting system. Normally it
|
---|
| 53 | runs the troff program and a postprocessor appropriate for the selected
|
---|
| 54 | device.
|
---|
| 55 | </para>
|
---|
| 56 |
|
---|
| 57 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 58 |
|
---|
| 59 | <sect3><title>grog</title>
|
---|
| 60 |
|
---|
| 61 | <para>
|
---|
| 62 | grog reads files and guesses which of the groff options -e, -man, -me, -mm,
|
---|
| 63 | -ms, -p, -s, and -t are required for printing files, and prints the groff
|
---|
| 64 | command including those options on the standard output.
|
---|
| 65 | </para>
|
---|
| 66 |
|
---|
| 67 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 68 |
|
---|
| 69 | <sect3><title>grohtml</title>
|
---|
| 70 |
|
---|
| 71 | <para>
|
---|
| 72 | grohtml translates the output of GNU troff to html
|
---|
| 73 | </para>
|
---|
| 74 |
|
---|
| 75 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 76 |
|
---|
| 77 | <sect3><title>grolj4</title>
|
---|
| 78 |
|
---|
| 79 | <para>
|
---|
| 80 | grolj4 is a driver for groff that produces output in PCL5 format suitable
|
---|
| 81 | for an HP Laserjet 4 printer.
|
---|
| 82 | </para>
|
---|
| 83 |
|
---|
| 84 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 85 |
|
---|
| 86 | <sect3><title>grops</title>
|
---|
| 87 |
|
---|
| 88 | <para>
|
---|
| 89 | grops translates the output of GNU troff to PostScript.
|
---|
| 90 | </para>
|
---|
| 91 |
|
---|
| 92 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 93 |
|
---|
| 94 | <sect3><title>grotty</title>
|
---|
| 95 |
|
---|
| 96 | <para>
|
---|
| 97 | grotty translates the output of GNU troff into a form suitable for
|
---|
| 98 | typewriter-like devices.
|
---|
| 99 | </para>
|
---|
| 100 |
|
---|
| 101 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 102 |
|
---|
| 103 | <sect3><title>hpftodit</title>
|
---|
| 104 |
|
---|
| 105 | <para>
|
---|
| 106 | hpftodit creates a font file for use with groff -Tlj4 from an HP
|
---|
| 107 | tagged font metric file.
|
---|
| 108 | </para>
|
---|
| 109 |
|
---|
| 110 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 111 |
|
---|
| 112 | <sect3><title>indxbib</title>
|
---|
| 113 |
|
---|
| 114 | <para>
|
---|
| 115 | indxbib makes an inverted index for the bibliographic databases a
|
---|
| 116 | specified file for use with refer, lookbib, and lkbib.
|
---|
| 117 | </para>
|
---|
| 118 |
|
---|
| 119 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 120 |
|
---|
| 121 | <sect3><title>lkbib</title>
|
---|
| 122 |
|
---|
| 123 | <para>
|
---|
| 124 | lkbib searches bibliographic databases for references that contain
|
---|
| 125 | specified keys and prints any references found on the standard output.
|
---|
| 126 | </para>
|
---|
| 127 |
|
---|
| 128 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 129 |
|
---|
| 130 | <sect3><title>lookbib</title>
|
---|
| 131 |
|
---|
| 132 | <para>
|
---|
| 133 | lookbib prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input
|
---|
| 134 | is not a terminal), reads from the standard input a line containing a set
|
---|
| 135 | of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases in a specified file for
|
---|
| 136 | references containing those keywords, prints any references found on the
|
---|
| 137 | standard output, and repeats this process until the end of input.
|
---|
| 138 | </para>
|
---|
| 139 |
|
---|
| 140 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 141 |
|
---|
| 142 | <sect3><title>neqn</title>
|
---|
| 143 |
|
---|
| 144 | <para>
|
---|
| 145 | It is currently not known what neqn is and what it does.
|
---|
| 146 | </para>
|
---|
| 147 |
|
---|
| 148 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 149 |
|
---|
| 150 | <sect3><title>nroff</title>
|
---|
| 151 |
|
---|
| 152 | <para>
|
---|
| 153 | The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff.
|
---|
| 154 | </para>
|
---|
| 155 |
|
---|
| 156 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 157 |
|
---|
| 158 | <sect3><title>pfbtops</title>
|
---|
| 159 |
|
---|
| 160 | <para>
|
---|
| 161 | pfbtops translates a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII.
|
---|
| 162 | </para>
|
---|
| 163 |
|
---|
| 164 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 165 |
|
---|
| 166 | <sect3><title>pic</title>
|
---|
| 167 |
|
---|
| 168 | <para>
|
---|
| 169 | pic compiles descriptions of pictures embedded within troff or TeX input
|
---|
| 170 | files into commands that are understood by TeX or troff.
|
---|
| 171 | </para>
|
---|
| 172 |
|
---|
| 173 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 174 |
|
---|
| 175 | <sect3><title>psbb</title>
|
---|
| 176 |
|
---|
| 177 | <para>
|
---|
| 178 | psbb reads a file which should be a PostScript document conforming to the
|
---|
| 179 | Document Structuring conventions and looks for a %%BoundingBox comment.
|
---|
| 180 | </para>
|
---|
| 181 |
|
---|
| 182 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 183 |
|
---|
| 184 | <sect3><title>refer</title>
|
---|
| 185 |
|
---|
| 186 | <para>
|
---|
| 187 | refer copies the contents of a file to the standard output, except that
|
---|
| 188 | lines between .[ and .] are interpreted as citations, and lines between .R1
|
---|
| 189 | and .R2 are interpreted as commands about how citations are to be
|
---|
| 190 | processed.
|
---|
| 191 | </para>
|
---|
| 192 |
|
---|
| 193 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 194 |
|
---|
| 195 | <sect3><title>soelim</title>
|
---|
| 196 |
|
---|
| 197 | <para>
|
---|
| 198 | soelim reads files and replaces lines of the form
|
---|
| 199 | <emphasis>.so file</emphasis> by the contents of
|
---|
| 200 | <emphasis>file</emphasis>.
|
---|
| 201 | </para>
|
---|
| 202 |
|
---|
| 203 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 204 |
|
---|
| 205 | <sect3><title>tbl</title>
|
---|
| 206 |
|
---|
| 207 | <para>
|
---|
| 208 | tbl compiles descriptions of tables embedded within troff input files
|
---|
| 209 | into commands that are understood by troff.
|
---|
| 210 | </para>
|
---|
| 211 |
|
---|
| 212 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 213 |
|
---|
| 214 | <sect3><title>tfmtodit</title>
|
---|
| 215 |
|
---|
| 216 | <para>
|
---|
| 217 | tfmtodit creates a font file for use with <userinput>groff
|
---|
| 218 | -Tdvi</userinput>
|
---|
| 219 | </para>
|
---|
| 220 |
|
---|
| 221 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 222 |
|
---|
| 223 | <sect3><title>troff</title>
|
---|
| 224 |
|
---|
| 225 | <para>
|
---|
| 226 | troff is highly compatible with Unix troff. Usually it should be invoked
|
---|
| 227 | using the groff command, which will also run preprocessors and
|
---|
| 228 | postprocessors in the appropriate order and with the appropriate options.
|
---|
| 229 | </para>
|
---|
| 230 |
|
---|
| 231 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 232 |
|
---|
| 233 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 234 |
|
---|