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