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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-groff" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="groff.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>groff</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&groff-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&groff-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <title>Groff-&groff-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Groff">Groff</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The Groff package contains programs for processing and formatting
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| 27 | text.</para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <segmentedlist>
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| 30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <seglistitem>
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| 34 | <seg>&groff-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 35 | <seg>&groff-ch6-du;</seg>
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| 36 | </seglistitem>
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| 37 | </segmentedlist>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | </sect2>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 42 | <title>Installation of Groff</title>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <!-- It looks like many screen fonts still don't have Unicode single quotes
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| 45 | and dashes in them, but the sed below no longer makes any changes as the
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| 46 | format has changed in Groff-1.20.1 -->
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <!-- <para>Many screen fonts don't have Unicode single quotes and dashes in them.
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| 49 | Tell Groff to use the ASCII equivalents instead:</para>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's/2010/002D/' -e 's/2212/002D/' \
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| 52 | -e 's/2018/0060/' -e 's/2019/0027/' font/devutf8/R.proto</userinput></screen> -->
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <para>Groff expects the environment variable <envar>PAGE</envar> to
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| 55 | contain the default paper size. For users in the United States,
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| 56 | <parameter>PAGE=letter</parameter> is appropriate. Elsewhere,
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| 57 | <parameter>PAGE=A4</parameter> may be more suitable. While the default
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| 58 | paper size is configured during compilation, it can be overridden later
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| 59 | by echoing either <quote>A4</quote> or <quote>letter</quote> to the
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| 60 | <filename>/etc/papersize</filename> file.</para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <para>Prepare Groff for compilation:</para>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">PAGE=<replaceable><paper_size></replaceable> ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make docdir=/usr/share/doc/groff-&groff-version; install</userinput></screen>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <para>Some documentation programs, such as <command>xman</command>,
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| 77 | will not work properly without the following symlinks:</para>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sv eqn /usr/bin/geqn
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| 80 | ln -sv tbl /usr/bin/gtbl</userinput></screen>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | </sect2>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <sect2 id="contents-groff" role="content">
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| 85 | <title>Contents of Groff</title>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <segmentedlist>
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| 88 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <seglistitem>
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| 91 | <seg>addftinfo, afmtodit, eqn, eqn2graph, geqn (link to eqn), grn,
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| 92 | grodvi, groff, groffer, grog, grolbp, grolj4, grops, grotty, gtbl
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| 93 | (link to tbl), hpftodit, indxbib, lkbib, lookbib, mmroff, neqn,
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| 94 | nroff, pfbtops, pic, pic2graph, post-grohtml, pre-grohtml, refer,
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| 95 | soelim, tbl, tfmtodit, and troff</seg>
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| 96 | </seglistitem>
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| 97 | </segmentedlist>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <variablelist>
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| 100 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 101 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 102 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <varlistentry id="addftinfo">
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| 105 | <term><command>addftinfo</command></term>
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| 106 | <listitem>
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| 107 | <para>Reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric
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| 108 | information that is used by the <command>groff</command> system</para>
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| 109 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff addftinfo">
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| 110 | <primary sortas="b-addftinfo">addftinfo</primary>
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| 111 | </indexterm>
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| 112 | </listitem>
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| 113 | </varlistentry>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <varlistentry id="afmtodit">
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| 116 | <term><command>afmtodit</command></term>
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| 117 | <listitem>
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| 118 | <para>Creates a font file for use with <command>groff</command> and
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| 119 | <command>grops</command></para>
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| 120 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff afmtodit">
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| 121 | <primary sortas="b-afmtodit">afmtodit</primary>
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| 122 | </indexterm>
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| 123 | </listitem>
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| 124 | </varlistentry>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <varlistentry id="eqn">
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| 127 | <term><command>eqn</command></term>
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| 128 | <listitem>
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| 129 | <para>Compiles descriptions of equations embedded within troff
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| 130 | input files into commands that are understood by
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| 131 | <command>troff</command></para>
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| 132 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn">
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| 133 | <primary sortas="b-eqn">eqn</primary>
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| 134 | </indexterm>
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| 135 | </listitem>
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| 136 | </varlistentry>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <varlistentry id="eqn2graph">
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| 139 | <term><command>eqn2graph</command></term>
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| 140 | <listitem>
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| 141 | <para>Converts a troff EQN (equation) into a cropped image</para>
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| 142 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn2graph">
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| 143 | <primary sortas="b-eqn2graph">eqn2graph</primary>
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| 144 | </indexterm>
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| 145 | </listitem>
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| 146 | </varlistentry>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <varlistentry id="geqn">
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| 149 | <term><command>geqn</command></term>
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| 150 | <listitem>
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| 151 | <para>A link to <command>eqn</command></para>
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| 152 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff geqn">
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| 153 | <primary sortas="b-geqn">geqn</primary>
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| 154 | </indexterm>
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| 155 | </listitem>
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| 156 | </varlistentry>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <varlistentry id="grn">
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| 159 | <term><command>grn</command></term>
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| 160 | <listitem>
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| 161 | <para>A <command>groff</command> preprocessor for gremlin files</para>
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| 162 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grn">
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| 163 | <primary sortas="b-grn">grn</primary>
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| 164 | </indexterm>
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| 165 | </listitem>
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| 166 | </varlistentry>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <varlistentry id="grodvi">
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| 169 | <term><command>grodvi</command></term>
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| 170 | <listitem>
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| 171 | <para>A driver for <command>groff</command> that produces TeX dvi
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| 172 | format</para>
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| 173 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grodvi">
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| 174 | <primary sortas="b-grodvi">grodvi</primary>
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| 175 | </indexterm>
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| 176 | </listitem>
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| 177 | </varlistentry>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <varlistentry id="groff">
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| 180 | <term><command>groff</command></term>
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| 181 | <listitem>
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| 182 | <para>A front-end to the groff document formatting system; normally, it
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| 183 | runs the <command>troff</command> program and a post-processor
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| 184 | appropriate for the selected device</para>
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| 185 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groff">
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| 186 | <primary sortas="b-groff">groff</primary>
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| 187 | </indexterm>
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| 188 | </listitem>
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| 189 | </varlistentry>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <varlistentry id="groffer">
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| 192 | <term><command>groffer</command></term>
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| 193 | <listitem>
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| 194 | <para>Displays groff files and man pages on X and tty terminals</para>
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| 195 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groffer">
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| 196 | <primary sortas="b-groffer">groffer</primary>
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| 197 | </indexterm>
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| 198 | </listitem>
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| 199 | </varlistentry>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <varlistentry id="grog">
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| 202 | <term><command>grog</command></term>
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| 203 | <listitem>
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| 204 | <para>Reads files and guesses which of the <command>groff</command>
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| 205 | options <option>-e</option>, <option>-man</option>, <option>-me</option>,
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| 206 | <option>-mm</option>, <option>-ms</option>, <option>-p</option>,
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| 207 | <option>-s</option>, and <option>-t</option> are required for printing
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| 208 | files, and reports the <command>groff</command> command including those
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| 209 | options</para>
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| 210 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grog">
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| 211 | <primary sortas="b-grog">grog</primary>
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| 212 | </indexterm>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <varlistentry id="grolbp">
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| 217 | <term><command>grolbp</command></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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| 219 | <para>Is a <command>groff</command> driver for Canon CAPSL printers
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| 220 | (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers)</para>
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| 221 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolbp">
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| 222 | <primary sortas="b-grolbp">grolbp</primary>
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| 223 | </indexterm>
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| 224 | </listitem>
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| 225 | </varlistentry>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <varlistentry id="grolj4">
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| 228 | <term><command>grolj4</command></term>
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| 229 | <listitem>
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| 230 | <para>Is a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces output
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| 231 | in PCL5 format suitable for an HP LaserJet 4 printer</para>
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| 232 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolj4">
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| 233 | <primary sortas="b-grolj4">grolj4</primary>
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| 234 | </indexterm>
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| 235 | </listitem>
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| 236 | </varlistentry>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <varlistentry id="grops">
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| 239 | <term><command>grops</command></term>
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| 240 | <listitem>
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| 241 | <para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to
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| 242 | PostScript</para>
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| 243 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grops">
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| 244 | <primary sortas="b-grops">grops</primary>
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| 245 | </indexterm>
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| 246 | </listitem>
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| 247 | </varlistentry>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <varlistentry id="grotty">
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| 250 | <term><command>grotty</command></term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> into
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| 253 | a form suitable for typewriter-like devices</para>
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| 254 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grotty">
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| 255 | <primary sortas="b-grotty">grotty</primary>
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| 256 | </indexterm>
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| 257 | </listitem>
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| 258 | </varlistentry>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <varlistentry id="gtbl">
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| 261 | <term><command>gtbl</command></term>
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| 262 | <listitem>
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| 263 | <para>A link to <command>tbl</command></para>
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| 264 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gtbl">
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| 265 | <primary sortas="b-gtbl">gtbl</primary>
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| 266 | </indexterm>
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| 267 | </listitem>
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| 268 | </varlistentry>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <varlistentry id="hpftodit">
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| 271 | <term><command>hpftodit</command></term>
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| 272 | <listitem>
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| 273 | <para>Creates a font file for use with <command>groff -Tlj4</command>
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| 274 | from an HP-tagged font metric file</para>
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| 275 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff hpftodit">
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| 276 | <primary sortas="b-hpftodit">hpftodit</primary>
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| 277 | </indexterm>
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| 278 | </listitem>
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| 279 | </varlistentry>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | <varlistentry id="indxbib">
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| 282 | <term><command>indxbib</command></term>
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| 283 | <listitem>
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| 284 | <para>Creates an inverted index for the bibliographic databases with a
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| 285 | specified file for use with <command>refer</command>,
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| 286 | <command>lookbib</command>, and <command>lkbib</command></para>
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| 287 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff indxbib">
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| 288 | <primary sortas="b-indxbib">indxbib</primary>
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| 289 | </indexterm>
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| 290 | </listitem>
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| 291 | </varlistentry>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <varlistentry id="lkbib">
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| 294 | <term><command>lkbib</command></term>
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| 295 | <listitem>
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| 296 | <para>Searches bibliographic databases for references that contain
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| 297 | specified keys and reports any references found</para>
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| 298 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lkbib">
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| 299 | <primary sortas="b-lkbib">lkbib</primary>
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| 300 | </indexterm>
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| 301 | </listitem>
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| 302 | </varlistentry>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <varlistentry id="lookbib">
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| 305 | <term><command>lookbib</command></term>
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| 306 | <listitem>
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| 307 | <para>Prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input
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| 308 | is not a terminal), reads a line containing a set of keywords from the
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| 309 | standard input, searches the bibliographic databases in a specified file
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| 310 | for references containing those keywords, prints any references found
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| 311 | on the standard output, and repeats this process until the end of
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| 312 | input</para>
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| 313 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lookbib">
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| 314 | <primary sortas="b-lookbib">lookbib</primary>
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| 315 | </indexterm>
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| 316 | </listitem>
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| 317 | </varlistentry>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <varlistentry id="mmroff">
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| 320 | <term><command>mmroff</command></term>
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| 321 | <listitem>
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| 322 | <para>A simple preprocessor for <command>groff</command></para>
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| 323 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff mmroff">
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| 324 | <primary sortas="b-mmroff">mmroff</primary>
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| 325 | </indexterm>
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| 326 | </listitem>
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| 327 | </varlistentry>
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| 328 |
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| 329 | <varlistentry id="neqn">
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| 330 | <term><command>neqn</command></term>
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| 331 | <listitem>
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| 332 | <para>Formats equations for American Standard Code for Information
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| 333 | Interchange (ASCII) output</para>
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| 334 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff neqn">
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| 335 | <primary sortas="b-neqn">neqn</primary>
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| 336 | </indexterm>
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| 337 | </listitem>
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| 338 | </varlistentry>
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| 339 |
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| 340 | <varlistentry id="nroff">
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| 341 | <term><command>nroff</command></term>
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| 342 | <listitem>
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| 343 | <para>A script that emulates the <command>nroff</command> command
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| 344 | using <command>groff</command></para>
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| 345 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff nroff">
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| 346 | <primary sortas="b-nroff">nroff</primary>
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| 347 | </indexterm>
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| 348 | </listitem>
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| 349 | </varlistentry>
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| 350 |
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| 351 | <varlistentry id="pfbtops">
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| 352 | <term><command>pfbtops</command></term>
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| 353 | <listitem>
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| 354 | <para>Translates a PostScript font in <filename
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| 355 | class="extension">.pfb</filename> format to ASCII</para>
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| 356 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pfbtops">
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| 357 | <primary sortas="b-pfbtops">pfbtops</primary>
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| 358 | </indexterm>
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| 359 | </listitem>
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| 360 | </varlistentry>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <varlistentry id="pic">
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| 363 | <term><command>pic</command></term>
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| 364 | <listitem>
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| 365 | <para>Compiles descriptions of pictures embedded within troff or
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| 366 | TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or
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| 367 | <command>troff</command></para>
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| 368 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic">
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| 369 | <primary sortas="b-pic">pic</primary>
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| 370 | </indexterm>
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| 371 | </listitem>
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| 372 | </varlistentry>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | <varlistentry id="pic2graph">
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| 375 | <term><command>pic2graph</command></term>
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| 376 | <listitem>
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| 377 | <para>Converts a PIC diagram into a cropped image</para>
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| 378 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic2graph">
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| 379 | <primary sortas="b-pic2graph">pic2graph</primary>
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| 380 | </indexterm>
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| 381 | </listitem>
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| 382 | </varlistentry>
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| 383 |
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| 384 | <varlistentry id="post-grohtml">
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| 385 | <term><command>post-grohtml</command></term>
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| 386 | <listitem>
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| 387 | <para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to
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| 388 | HTML</para>
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| 389 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff post-grohtml">
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| 390 | <primary sortas="b-post-grohtml">post-grohtml</primary>
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| 391 | </indexterm>
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| 392 | </listitem>
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| 393 | </varlistentry>
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| 394 |
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| 395 | <varlistentry id="pre-grohtml">
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| 396 | <term><command>pre-grohtml </command></term>
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| 397 | <listitem>
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| 398 | <para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to
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| 399 | HTML</para>
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| 400 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pre-grohtml">
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| 401 | <primary sortas="b-pre-grohtml">pre-grohtml</primary>
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| 402 | </indexterm>
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| 403 | </listitem>
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| 404 | </varlistentry>
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| 405 |
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| 406 | <varlistentry id="refer">
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| 407 | <term><command>refer</command></term>
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| 408 | <listitem>
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| 409 | <para>Copies the contents of a file to the standard output, except
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| 410 | that lines between <emphasis>.[</emphasis> and <emphasis>.]</emphasis>
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| 411 | are interpreted as citations, and lines between <emphasis>.R1</emphasis>
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| 412 | and <emphasis>.R2</emphasis> are interpreted as commands for how
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| 413 | citations are to be processed</para>
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| 414 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff refer">
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| 415 | <primary sortas="b-refer">refer</primary>
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| 416 | </indexterm>
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| 417 | </listitem>
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| 418 | </varlistentry>
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| 419 |
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| 420 | <varlistentry id="soelim">
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| 421 | <term><command>soelim</command></term>
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| 422 | <listitem>
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| 423 | <para>Reads files and replaces lines of the form <emphasis>.so
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| 424 | file</emphasis> by the contents of the mentioned
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| 425 | <emphasis>file</emphasis></para>
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| 426 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff soelim">
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| 427 | <primary sortas="b-soelim">soelim</primary>
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| 428 | </indexterm>
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| 429 | </listitem>
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| 430 | </varlistentry>
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| 431 |
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| 432 | <varlistentry id="tbl">
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| 433 | <term><command>tbl</command></term>
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| 434 | <listitem>
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| 435 | <para>Compiles descriptions of tables embedded within troff input
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| 436 | files into commands that are understood by
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| 437 | <command>troff</command></para>
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| 438 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tbl">
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| 439 | <primary sortas="b-tbl">tbl</primary>
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| 440 | </indexterm>
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| 441 | </listitem>
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| 442 | </varlistentry>
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| 443 |
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| 444 | <varlistentry id="tfmtodit">
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| 445 | <term><command>tfmtodit</command></term>
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| 446 | <listitem>
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| 447 | <para>Creates a font file for use with <command>groff
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| 448 | -Tdvi</command></para>
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| 449 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tfmtodit">
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| 450 | <primary sortas="b-tfmtodit">tfmtodit</primary>
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| 451 | </indexterm>
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| 452 | </listitem>
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| 453 | </varlistentry>
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| 454 |
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| 455 | <varlistentry id="troff">
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| 456 | <term><command>troff</command></term>
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| 457 | <listitem>
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| 458 | <para>Is highly compatible with Unix <command>troff</command>; it
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| 459 | should usually be invoked using the <command>groff</command> command,
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| 460 | which will also run preprocessors and post-processors in the
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| 461 | appropriate order and with the appropriate options</para>
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| 462 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff troff">
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| 463 | <primary sortas="b-troff">troff</primary>
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| 464 | </indexterm>
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| 465 | </listitem>
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| 466 | </varlistentry>
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| 467 |
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| 468 | </variablelist>
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| 469 |
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| 470 | </sect2>
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| 471 |
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| 472 | </sect1>
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