Changeset 2256873 for chapter06/groff.xml
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rf67ec77a r2256873 67 67 </segmentedlist> 68 68 69 <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>69 <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> 70 70 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> 71 71 … … 73 73 <term><command>addftinfo</command></term> 74 74 <listitem> 75 <para> reads a troff font file and adds some76 additional font-metric information that is used by the <command>groff</command> system .</para>75 <para>Reads a troff font file and adds some 76 additional font-metric information that is used by the <command>groff</command> system</para> 77 77 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff addftinfo"><primary sortas="b-addftinfo">addftinfo</primary></indexterm> 78 78 </listitem> … … 82 82 <term><command>afmtodit</command></term> 83 83 <listitem> 84 <para> creates a font file for use with <command>groff</command> and <command>grops</command>.</para>84 <para>Creates a font file for use with <command>groff</command> and <command>grops</command></para> 85 85 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff afmtodit"><primary sortas="b-afmtodit">afmtodit</primary></indexterm> 86 86 </listitem> … … 90 90 <term><command>eqn</command></term> 91 91 <listitem> 92 <para> compiles descriptions of equations embedded93 within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</command> .</para>92 <para>Compiles descriptions of equations embedded 93 within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</command></para> 94 94 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn"><primary sortas="b-eqn">eqn</primary></indexterm> 95 95 </listitem> … … 99 99 <term><command>eqn2graph</command></term> 100 100 <listitem> 101 <para> converts a troff EQN (equation) into a cropped image.</para>101 <para>Converts a troff EQN (equation) into a cropped image</para> 102 102 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn2graph"><primary sortas="b-eqn2graph">eqn2graph</primary></indexterm> 103 </listitem> 104 </varlistentry> 105 106 <varlistentry id="geqn"> 107 <term><command>eqn</command></term> 108 <listitem> 109 <para>A link to <command>eqn</command></para> 110 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff geqn"><primary sortas="b-geqn">geqn</primary></indexterm> 103 111 </listitem> 104 112 </varlistentry> … … 107 115 <term><command>grn</command></term> 108 116 <listitem> 109 <para> a <command>groff</command> preprocessor for gremlin files.</para>117 <para>A <command>groff</command> preprocessor for gremlin files</para> 110 118 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grn"><primary sortas="b-grn">grn</primary></indexterm> 111 119 </listitem> … … 115 123 <term><command>grodvi</command></term> 116 124 <listitem> 117 <para> a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces TeX dvi format.</para>125 <para>A driver for <command>groff</command> that produces TeX dvi format</para> 118 126 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grodvi"><primary sortas="b-grodvi">grodvi</primary></indexterm> 119 127 </listitem> … … 123 131 <term><command>groff</command></term> 124 132 <listitem> 125 <para> afront-end to the groff document126 formatting system . Normally, it runs the <command>troff</command> program and a post-processor127 appropriate for the selected device .</para>133 <para>A front-end to the groff document 134 formatting system; normally, it runs the <command>troff</command> program and a post-processor 135 appropriate for the selected device</para> 128 136 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groff"><primary sortas="b-groff">groff</primary></indexterm> 129 137 </listitem> … … 133 141 <term><command>groffer</command></term> 134 142 <listitem> 135 <para> displays groff files and man pages on X and tty terminals.</para>143 <para>Displays groff files and man pages on X and tty terminals</para> 136 144 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groffer"><primary sortas="b-groffer">groffer</primary></indexterm> 137 145 </listitem> … … 141 149 <term><command>grog</command></term> 142 150 <listitem> 143 <para> reads files and guesses which of the <command>groff</command>151 <para>Reads files and guesses which of the <command>groff</command> 144 152 options <parameter>-e</parameter>, <parameter>-man</parameter>, 145 153 <parameter>-me</parameter>, <parameter>-mm</parameter>, 146 154 <parameter>-ms</parameter>, <parameter>-p</parameter>, <parameter>-s</parameter>, 147 155 and <parameter>-t</parameter> are required for printing 148 files, and reports the <command>groff</command> command including those options .</para>156 files, and reports the <command>groff</command> command including those options</para> 149 157 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grog"><primary sortas="b-grog">grog</primary></indexterm> 150 158 </listitem> … … 154 162 <term><command>grolbp</command></term> 155 163 <listitem> 156 <para> is a <command>groff</command> driver for Canon CAPSL printers157 (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers) .</para>164 <para>Is a <command>groff</command> driver for Canon CAPSL printers 165 (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers)</para> 158 166 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolbp"><primary sortas="b-grolbp">grolbp</primary></indexterm> 159 167 </listitem> … … 163 171 <term><command>grolj4</command></term> 164 172 <listitem> 165 <para> is a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces output166 in PCL5 format suitable for an HP Laserjet 4 printer .</para>173 <para>Is a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces output 174 in PCL5 format suitable for an HP Laserjet 4 printer</para> 167 175 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolj4"><primary sortas="b-grolj4">grolj4</primary></indexterm> 168 176 </listitem> … … 172 180 <term><command>grops</command></term> 173 181 <listitem> 174 <para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to PostScript.</para> 182 <para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to PostScript</para> 183 <beginpage/> 175 184 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grops"><primary sortas="b-grops">grops</primary></indexterm> 176 185 </listitem> … … 180 189 <term><command>grotty</command></term> 181 190 <listitem> 182 <para> translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> into183 a form suitable for typewriter-like devices .</para>191 <para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> into 192 a form suitable for typewriter-like devices</para> 184 193 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grotty"><primary sortas="b-grotty">grotty</primary></indexterm> 185 194 </listitem> … … 189 198 <term><command>gtbl</command></term> 190 199 <listitem> 191 <para> is the GNU implementation of <command>tbl</command>.</para>200 <para>Is the GNU implementation of <command>tbl</command></para> 192 201 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gtbl"><primary sortas="b-gtbl">gtbl</primary></indexterm> 193 202 </listitem> … … 197 206 <term><command>hpftodit</command></term> 198 207 <listitem> 199 <para> creates a font file for use with200 <command>groff -Tlj4</command> from an HP-tagged font metric file .</para>208 <para>Creates a font file for use with 209 <command>groff -Tlj4</command> from an HP-tagged font metric file</para> 201 210 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff hpftodit"><primary sortas="b-hpftodit">hpftodit</primary></indexterm> 202 211 </listitem> … … 206 215 <term><command>indxbib</command></term> 207 216 <listitem> 208 <para> creates an inverted index for the bibliographic databases with a specified file for209 use with <command>refer</command>, <command>lookbib</command>, and <command>lkbib</command> .</para>217 <para>Creates an inverted index for the bibliographic databases with a specified file for 218 use with <command>refer</command>, <command>lookbib</command>, and <command>lkbib</command></para> 210 219 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff indxbib"><primary sortas="b-indxbib">indxbib</primary></indexterm> 211 220 </listitem> … … 215 224 <term><command>lkbib</command></term> 216 225 <listitem> 217 <para> searches bibliographic databases for references that contain218 specified keys and reports any references found .</para>226 <para>Searches bibliographic databases for references that contain 227 specified keys and reports any references found</para> 219 228 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lkbib"><primary sortas="b-lkbib">lkbib</primary></indexterm> 220 229 </listitem> … … 224 233 <term><command>lookbib</command></term> 225 234 <listitem> 226 <para> prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input235 <para>Prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input 227 236 is not a terminal), reads a line containing a 228 237 set of keywords from the standard input, searches the bibliographic databases in a specified 229 238 file for references containing those keywords, prints any references 230 239 found on the standard output, and repeats this process until the end 231 of input .</para>240 of input</para> 232 241 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lookbib"><primary sortas="b-lookbib">lookbib</primary></indexterm> 233 242 </listitem> … … 237 246 <term><command>mmroff</command></term> 238 247 <listitem> 239 <para> a simple preprocessor for <command>groff</command>.</para>248 <para>A simple preprocessor for <command>groff</command></para> 240 249 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff mmroff"><primary sortas="b-mmroff">mmroff</primary></indexterm> 241 250 </listitem> … … 245 254 <term><command>neqn</command></term> 246 255 <listitem> 247 <para> formats equations for American Standard Code for Information248 Interchange (ASCII) output .</para>256 <para>Formats equations for American Standard Code for Information 257 Interchange (ASCII) output</para> 249 258 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff neqn"><primary sortas="b-neqn">neqn</primary></indexterm> 250 259 </listitem> … … 254 263 <term><command>nroff</command></term> 255 264 <listitem> 256 <para> a script that emulates the <command>nroff</command> command using <command>groff</command>.</para>265 <para>A script that emulates the <command>nroff</command> command using <command>groff</command></para> 257 266 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff nroff"><primary sortas="b-nroff">nroff</primary></indexterm> 258 267 </listitem> … … 262 271 <term><command>pfbtops</command></term> 263 272 <listitem> 264 <para> translates a PostScript font in <filename class="extension">.pfb</filename> format to ASCII.</para>273 <para>Translates a PostScript font in <filename class="extension">.pfb</filename> format to ASCII</para> 265 274 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pfbtops"><primary sortas="b-pfbtops">pfbtops</primary></indexterm> 266 275 </listitem> … … 270 279 <term><command>pic</command></term> 271 280 <listitem> 272 <para> compiles descriptions of pictures embedded273 within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or <command>troff</command> .</para>281 <para>Compiles descriptions of pictures embedded 282 within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or <command>troff</command></para> 274 283 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic"><primary sortas="b-pic">pic</primary></indexterm> 275 284 </listitem> … … 279 288 <term><command>pic2graph</command></term> 280 289 <listitem> 281 <para> converts a PIC diagram into a cropped image.</para>290 <para>Converts a PIC diagram into a cropped image</para> 282 291 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic2graph"><primary sortas="b-pic2graph">pic2graph</primary></indexterm> 292 </listitem> 293 </varlistentry> 294 295 <varlistentry id="post-grohtml"> 296 <term><command>post-grohtml</command></term> 297 <listitem> 298 <para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html</para> 299 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff post-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-post-grohtml">post-grohtml</primary></indexterm> 283 300 </listitem> 284 301 </varlistentry> … … 287 304 <term><command>pre-grohtml </command></term> 288 305 <listitem> 289 <para> translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html.</para>306 <para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html</para> 290 307 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pre-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-pre-grohtml">pre-grohtml</primary></indexterm> 291 </listitem>292 </varlistentry>293 294 <varlistentry id="post-grohtml">295 <term><command>post-grohtml</command></term>296 <listitem>297 <para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html.</para>298 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff post-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-post-grohtml">post-grohtml</primary></indexterm>299 308 </listitem> 300 309 </varlistentry> … … 303 312 <term><command>refer</command></term> 304 313 <listitem> 305 <para> copies the contents of a file to the standard output, except314 <para>Copies the contents of a file to the standard output, except 306 315 that lines between <emphasis>.[</emphasis> and <emphasis>.]</emphasis> 307 316 are interpreted as citations, and lines between 308 317 <emphasis>.R1</emphasis> and <emphasis>.R2</emphasis> are interpreted 309 as commands for how citations are to be processed .</para>318 as commands for how citations are to be processed</para> 310 319 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff refer"><primary sortas="b-refer">refer</primary></indexterm> 311 320 </listitem> … … 315 324 <term><command>soelim</command></term> 316 325 <listitem> 317 <para> reads files and replaces lines of the form326 <para>Reads files and replaces lines of the form 318 327 <emphasis>.so file</emphasis> by the contents of the mentioned 319 <emphasis>file</emphasis> .</para>328 <emphasis>file</emphasis></para> 320 329 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff soelim"><primary sortas="b-soelim">soelim</primary></indexterm> 321 330 </listitem> … … 325 334 <term><command>tbl</command></term> 326 335 <listitem> 327 <para> compiles descriptions of tables embedded328 within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</command> .</para>336 <para>Compiles descriptions of tables embedded 337 within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</command></para> 329 338 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tbl"><primary sortas="b-tbl">tbl</primary></indexterm> 330 339 </listitem> … … 334 343 <term><command>tfmtodit</command></term> 335 344 <listitem> 336 <para> creates a font file for use with <command>groff -Tdvi</command>.</para>345 <para>Creates a font file for use with <command>groff -Tdvi</command></para> 337 346 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tfmtodit"><primary sortas="b-tfmtodit">tfmtodit</primary></indexterm> 338 347 </listitem> … … 342 351 <term><command>troff</command></term> 343 352 <listitem> 344 <para> is highly compatible with Unix <command>troff</command>. It353 <para>Is highly compatible with Unix <command>troff</command>; it 345 354 should usually be invoked using the 346 355 <command>groff</command> command, which will also run preprocessors and post-processors in the 347 appropriate order and with the appropriate options .</para>356 appropriate order and with the appropriate options</para> 348 357 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff troff"><primary sortas="b-troff">troff</primary></indexterm> 349 358 </listitem> … … 353 362 <term><command>zsoelim</command></term> 354 363 <listitem> 355 <para> is the GNU implementation of <command>soelim</command>.</para>364 <para>Is the GNU implementation of <command>soelim</command></para> 356 365 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff zsoelim"><primary sortas="b-zsoelim">zsoelim</primary></indexterm> 357 366 </listitem>
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