1 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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3 | <para><command>addftinfo</command> reads a troff font file and adds some
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4 | additional font-metric information that is used by the groff system.</para>
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5 |
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6 | <para><command>afmtodit</command> creates a font file for use with
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7 | groff and grops.</para>
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8 |
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9 | <para><command>eqn</command> compiles descriptions of equations embedded
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10 | within troff input files into commands that are understood by troff.</para>
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11 |
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12 | <para><command>eqn2graph</command> converts an EQN equation into a cropped
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13 | image.</para>
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14 |
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15 | <para><command>grn</command> is a groff preprocessor for gremlin files.</para>
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16 |
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17 | <para><command>grodvi</command> is a driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format.</para>
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18 |
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19 | <para><command>groff</command> is a front-end to the groff document
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20 | formatting system. Normally it runs the troff program and a post-processor
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21 | appropriate for the selected device.</para>
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22 |
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23 | <para><command>groffer</command> displays groff files and man pages on X
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24 | and tty.</para>
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25 | <para><command>grog</command> reads files and guesses which of the groff
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26 | options -e, -man, -me, -mm, -ms, -p, -s, and -t are required for printing
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27 | files, and reports the groff command including those options.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <para><command>grolbp</command> is a groff driver for Canon CAPSL printers
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30 | (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers).</para>
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31 |
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32 | <para><command>grolj4</command> is a driver for groff that produces output
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33 | in PCL5 format suitable for an HP Laserjet 4 printer.</para>
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34 |
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35 | <para><command>grops</command> translates the output of GNU troff to
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36 | Postscript.</para>
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37 |
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38 | <para><command>grotty</command> translates the output of GNU troff into
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39 | a form suitable for typewriter-like devices.</para>
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40 |
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41 | <para><command>gtbl</command> is the GNU implementation of tbl.</para>
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42 |
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43 | <para><command>hpftodit</command> creates a font file for use with
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44 | groff -Tlj4 from an HP-tagged font metric file.</para>
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45 |
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46 | <para><command>indxbib</command> makes an inverted index for the
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47 | bibliographic databases a specified file for use with refer, lookbib,
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48 | and lkbib.</para>
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49 |
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50 | <para><command>lkbib</command> searches bibliographic databases for
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51 | references that contain specified keys and reports any references found.</para>
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52 |
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53 | <para><command>lookbib</command> prints a prompt on the standard error
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54 | (unless the standard input is not a terminal), reads from the standard input
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55 | a line containing a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases in
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56 | a specified file for references containing those keywords, prints any
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57 | references found on the standard output and repeats this process until the
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58 | end of input.</para>
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59 |
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60 | <para><command>mmroff</command> is a simple preprocessor for groff.</para>
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61 |
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62 | <para><command>neqn</command> formats equations for ascii output.</para>
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63 |
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64 | <para><command>nroff</command> is a script that emulates the nroff command
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65 | using groff.</para>
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66 |
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67 | <para><command>pfbtops</command> translates a Postscript font in .pfb
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68 | format to ASCII.</para>
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69 |
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70 | <para><command>pic</command> compiles descriptions of pictures embedded
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71 | within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or troff.</para>
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72 |
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73 | <para><command>pic2graph</command> converts a PIC diagram into a cropped
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74 | image.</para>
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75 |
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76 | <para><command>pre-grohtml </command> translates the output of GNU troff
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77 | to html.</para>
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78 |
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79 | <para><command>post-grohtml</command> translates the output of GNU troff
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80 | to html.</para>
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81 |
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82 | <para><command>refer</command> copies the contents of a file to the
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83 | standard output, except that lines between .[ and .] are interpreted as
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84 | citations, and lines between .R1 and .R2 are interpreted as commands about
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85 | how citations are to be processed.</para>
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86 |
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87 | <para><command>soelim</command> reads files and replaces lines of the form
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88 | <emphasis>.so file</emphasis> by the contents of the mentioned
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89 | <emphasis>file</emphasis>.</para>
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90 |
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91 | <para><command>tbl</command> compiles descriptions of tables embedded
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92 | within troff input files into commands that are understood by troff.</para>
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93 |
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94 | <para><command>tfmtodit</command> creates a font file for use with
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95 | groff -Tdvi.</para>
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96 |
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97 | <para><command>troff</command> is highly compatible with Unix troff.
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98 | Usually it should be invoked using the groff command, which will also run
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99 | preprocessors and post-processors in the appropriate order and with the
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100 | appropriate options.</para>
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101 |
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102 | <para><command>zsoelim</command> is the GNU implementation of soelim.</para>
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103 |
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104 | </sect2>
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105 |
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