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