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    44  %general-entities;
    55]>
    6 <sect1 id="ch-system-groff" xreflabel="Groff" role="wrap">
     6<sect1 id="ch-system-groff" role="wrap">
    77<title>Groff-&groff-version;</title>
    88<?dbhtml filename="groff.html"?>
    … …  
    1111
    1212<sect2 role="package"><title/>
     13<para>The Groff package contains programs for processing and formatting text.</para>
    1314
    1415<segmentedlist>
    … …  
    1819</segmentedlist>
    1920
     21<segmentedlist>
     22<segtitle>Groff installation depends on</segtitle>
     23<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
     24Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
     25</segmentedlist>
    2026</sect2>
    2127
    … …  
    2329<title>Installation of Groff</title>
    2430
     31<para>Groff expects the environment variable <envar>PAGE</envar>
     32to contain the default paper size. For users in the United States,
     33<parameter>PAGE=letter</parameter> is appropriate. Elsewhere,
     34<parameter>PAGE=A4</parameter> may be more suitable.</para>
     35
    2536<para>Prepare Groff for compilation:</para>
    2637
    … …  
    3142<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    3243
    33 <para>Now install it:</para>
     44<para>Install the package:</para>
    3445
    3546<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
    3647
    37 <para>Create the following symlinks:</para>
     48<para>Some documentation programs, such as <command>xman</command>,
     49will not work properly without the following symlinks:</para>
    3850
    3951<screen><userinput>ln -s soelim /usr/bin/zsoelim
    … …  
    4658<sect2 id="contents-groff" role="content"><title>Contents of Groff</title>
    4759
    48 <para>See testing</para>
     60<segmentedlist>
     61<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
     62<seglistitem><seg>addftinfo, afmtodit, eqn, eqn2graph, geqn (link to eqn), grn,
     63grodvi, groff, groffer, grog, grolbp, grolj4, grops, grotty, gtbl (link to tbl), hpftodit,
     64indxbib, lkbib, lookbib, mmroff, neqn, nroff, pfbtops, pic, pic2graph, post-grohtml,
     65pre-grohtml, refer, soelim, tbl, tfmtodit, troff, and zsoelim (link to soelim)</seg></seglistitem>
     66</segmentedlist>
     67
     68<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
     69<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
     70
     71<varlistentry id="addftinfo">
     72<term><command>addftinfo</command></term>
     73<listitem>
     74<para>Reads a troff font file and adds some
     75additional font-metric information that is used by the <command>groff</command> system</para>
     76<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff addftinfo"><primary sortas="b-addftinfo">addftinfo</primary></indexterm>
     77</listitem>
     78</varlistentry>
     79
     80<varlistentry id="afmtodit">
     81<term><command>afmtodit</command></term>
     82<listitem>
     83<para>Creates a font file for use with <command>groff</command> and <command>grops</command></para>
     84<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff afmtodit"><primary sortas="b-afmtodit">afmtodit</primary></indexterm>
     85</listitem>
     86</varlistentry>
     87
     88<varlistentry id="eqn">
     89<term><command>eqn</command></term>
     90<listitem>
     91<para>Compiles descriptions of equations embedded
     92within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</command></para>
     93<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn"><primary sortas="b-eqn">eqn</primary></indexterm>
     94</listitem>
     95</varlistentry>
     96
     97<varlistentry id="eqn2graph">
     98<term><command>eqn2graph</command></term>
     99<listitem>
     100<para>Converts a troff EQN (equation) into a cropped image</para>
     101<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn2graph"><primary sortas="b-eqn2graph">eqn2graph</primary></indexterm>
     102</listitem>
     103</varlistentry>
     104
     105<varlistentry id="geqn">
     106<term><command>eqn</command></term>
     107<listitem>
     108<para>A link to <command>eqn</command></para>
     109<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff geqn"><primary sortas="b-geqn">geqn</primary></indexterm>
     110</listitem>
     111</varlistentry>
     112
     113<varlistentry id="grn">
     114<term><command>grn</command></term>
     115<listitem>
     116<para>A <command>groff</command> preprocessor for gremlin files</para>
     117<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grn"><primary sortas="b-grn">grn</primary></indexterm>
     118</listitem>
     119</varlistentry>
     120
     121<varlistentry id="grodvi">
     122<term><command>grodvi</command></term>
     123<listitem>
     124<para>A driver for <command>groff</command> that produces TeX dvi format</para>
     125<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grodvi"><primary sortas="b-grodvi">grodvi</primary></indexterm>
     126</listitem>
     127</varlistentry>
     128
     129<varlistentry id="groff">
     130<term><command>groff</command></term>
     131<listitem>
     132<para>A front-end to the groff document
     133formatting system; normally, it runs the <command>troff</command> program and a post-processor
     134appropriate for the selected device</para>
     135<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groff"><primary sortas="b-groff">groff</primary></indexterm>
     136</listitem>
     137</varlistentry>
     138
     139<varlistentry id="groffer">
     140<term><command>groffer</command></term>
     141<listitem>
     142<para>Displays groff files and man pages on X and tty terminals</para>
     143<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groffer"><primary sortas="b-groffer">groffer</primary></indexterm>
     144</listitem>
     145</varlistentry>
     146
     147<varlistentry id="grog">
     148<term><command>grog</command></term>
     149<listitem>
     150<para>Reads files and guesses which of the <command>groff</command>
     151options <parameter>-e</parameter>, <parameter>-man</parameter>,
     152<parameter>-me</parameter>, <parameter>-mm</parameter>,
     153<parameter>-ms</parameter>, <parameter>-p</parameter>, <parameter>-s</parameter>,
     154and <parameter>-t</parameter> are required for printing
     155files, and reports the <command>groff</command> command including those options</para>
     156<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grog"><primary sortas="b-grog">grog</primary></indexterm>
     157</listitem>
     158</varlistentry>
     159
     160<varlistentry id="grolbp">
     161<term><command>grolbp</command></term>
     162<listitem>
     163<para>Is a <command>groff</command> driver for Canon CAPSL printers
     164(LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers)</para>
     165<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolbp"><primary sortas="b-grolbp">grolbp</primary></indexterm>
     166</listitem>
     167</varlistentry>
     168
     169<varlistentry id="grolj4">
     170<term><command>grolj4</command></term>
     171<listitem>
     172<para>Is a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces output
     173in PCL5 format suitable for an HP Laserjet 4 printer</para>
     174<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolj4"><primary sortas="b-grolj4">grolj4</primary></indexterm>
     175</listitem>
     176</varlistentry>
     177
     178<varlistentry id="grops">
     179<term><command>grops</command></term>
     180<listitem>
     181<para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to PostScript</para>
     182<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grops"><primary sortas="b-grops">grops</primary></indexterm>
     183</listitem>
     184</varlistentry>
     185
     186<varlistentry id="grotty">
     187<term><command>grotty</command></term>
     188<listitem>
     189<para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> into
     190a form suitable for typewriter-like devices</para>
     191<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grotty"><primary sortas="b-grotty">grotty</primary></indexterm>
     192</listitem>
     193</varlistentry>
     194
     195<varlistentry id="gtbl">
     196<term><command>gtbl</command></term>
     197<listitem>
     198<para>Is the GNU implementation of <command>tbl</command></para>
     199<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gtbl"><primary sortas="b-gtbl">gtbl</primary></indexterm>
     200</listitem>
     201</varlistentry>
     202
     203<varlistentry id="hpftodit">
     204<term><command>hpftodit</command></term>
     205<listitem>
     206<para>Creates a font file for use with
     207<command>groff -Tlj4</command> from an HP-tagged font metric file</para>
     208<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff hpftodit"><primary sortas="b-hpftodit">hpftodit</primary></indexterm>
     209</listitem>
     210</varlistentry>
     211
     212<varlistentry id="indxbib">
     213<term><command>indxbib</command></term>
     214<listitem>
     215<para>Creates an inverted index for the bibliographic databases with a specified file for
     216use with <command>refer</command>, <command>lookbib</command>, and <command>lkbib</command></para>
     217<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff indxbib"><primary sortas="b-indxbib">indxbib</primary></indexterm>
     218</listitem>
     219</varlistentry>
     220
     221<varlistentry id="lkbib">
     222<term><command>lkbib</command></term>
     223<listitem>
     224<para>Searches bibliographic databases for references that contain
     225specified keys and reports any references found</para>
     226<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lkbib"><primary sortas="b-lkbib">lkbib</primary></indexterm>
     227</listitem>
     228</varlistentry>
     229
     230<varlistentry id="lookbib">
     231<term><command>lookbib</command></term>
     232<listitem>
     233<para>Prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input
     234is not a terminal), reads a line containing a
     235set of keywords from the standard input, searches the bibliographic databases in a specified
     236file for references containing those keywords, prints any references
     237found on the standard output, and repeats this process until the end
     238of input</para>
     239<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lookbib"><primary sortas="b-lookbib">lookbib</primary></indexterm>
     240</listitem>
     241</varlistentry>
     242
     243<varlistentry id="mmroff">
     244<term><command>mmroff</command></term>
     245<listitem>
     246<para>A simple preprocessor for <command>groff</command></para>
     247<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff mmroff"><primary sortas="b-mmroff">mmroff</primary></indexterm>
     248</listitem>
     249</varlistentry>
     250
     251<varlistentry id="neqn">
     252<term><command>neqn</command></term>
     253<listitem>
     254<para>Formats equations for American Standard Code for Information
     255Interchange (ASCII) output</para>
     256<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff neqn"><primary sortas="b-neqn">neqn</primary></indexterm>
     257</listitem>
     258</varlistentry>
     259
     260<varlistentry id="nroff">
     261<term><command>nroff</command></term>
     262<listitem>
     263<para>A script that emulates the <command>nroff</command> command using <command>groff</command></para>
     264<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff nroff"><primary sortas="b-nroff">nroff</primary></indexterm>
     265</listitem>
     266</varlistentry>
     267
     268<varlistentry id="pfbtops">
     269<term><command>pfbtops</command></term>
     270<listitem>
     271<para>Translates a PostScript font in <filename class="extension">.pfb</filename> format to ASCII</para>
     272<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pfbtops"><primary sortas="b-pfbtops">pfbtops</primary></indexterm>
     273</listitem>
     274</varlistentry>
     275
     276<varlistentry id="pic">
     277<term><command>pic</command></term>
     278<listitem>
     279<para>Compiles descriptions of pictures embedded
     280within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or <command>troff</command></para>
     281<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic"><primary sortas="b-pic">pic</primary></indexterm>
     282</listitem>
     283</varlistentry>
     284
     285<varlistentry id="pic2graph">
     286<term><command>pic2graph</command></term>
     287<listitem>
     288<para>Converts a PIC diagram into a cropped image</para>
     289<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic2graph"><primary sortas="b-pic2graph">pic2graph</primary></indexterm>
     290</listitem>
     291</varlistentry>
     292
     293<varlistentry id="post-grohtml">
     294<term><command>post-grohtml</command></term>
     295<listitem>
     296<para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html</para>
     297<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff post-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-post-grohtml">post-grohtml</primary></indexterm>
     298</listitem>
     299</varlistentry>
     300
     301<varlistentry id="pre-grohtml">
     302<term><command>pre-grohtml </command></term>
     303<listitem>
     304<para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html</para>
     305<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pre-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-pre-grohtml">pre-grohtml</primary></indexterm>
     306</listitem>
     307</varlistentry>
     308
     309<varlistentry id="refer">
     310<term><command>refer</command></term>
     311<listitem>
     312<para>Copies the contents of a file to the standard output, except
     313that lines between <emphasis>.[</emphasis> and <emphasis>.]</emphasis>
     314are interpreted as citations, and lines between
     315<emphasis>.R1</emphasis> and <emphasis>.R2</emphasis> are interpreted
     316as commands for how citations are to be processed</para>
     317<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff refer"><primary sortas="b-refer">refer</primary></indexterm>
     318</listitem>
     319</varlistentry>
     320
     321<varlistentry id="soelim">
     322<term><command>soelim</command></term>
     323<listitem>
     324<para>Reads files and replaces lines of the form
     325<emphasis>.so file</emphasis> by the contents of the mentioned
     326<emphasis>file</emphasis></para>
     327<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff soelim"><primary sortas="b-soelim">soelim</primary></indexterm>
     328</listitem>
     329</varlistentry>
     330
     331<varlistentry id="tbl">
     332<term><command>tbl</command></term>
     333<listitem>
     334<para>Compiles descriptions of tables embedded
     335within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</command></para>
     336<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tbl"><primary sortas="b-tbl">tbl</primary></indexterm>
     337</listitem>
     338</varlistentry>
     339
     340<varlistentry id="tfmtodit">
     341<term><command>tfmtodit</command></term>
     342<listitem>
     343<para>Creates a font file for use with <command>groff -Tdvi</command></para>
     344<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tfmtodit"><primary sortas="b-tfmtodit">tfmtodit</primary></indexterm>
     345</listitem>
     346</varlistentry>
     347
     348<varlistentry id="troff">
     349<term><command>troff</command></term>
     350<listitem>
     351<para>Is highly compatible with Unix <command>troff</command>; it
     352should usually be invoked using the
     353<command>groff</command> command, which will also run preprocessors and post-processors in the
     354appropriate order and with the appropriate options</para>
     355<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff troff"><primary sortas="b-troff">troff</primary></indexterm>
     356</listitem>
     357</varlistentry>
     358
     359<varlistentry id="zsoelim">
     360<term><command>zsoelim</command></term>
     361<listitem>
     362<para>Is the GNU implementation of <command>soelim</command></para>
     363<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff zsoelim"><primary sortas="b-zsoelim">zsoelim</primary></indexterm>
     364</listitem>
     365</varlistentry>
     366</variablelist>
    49367
    50368</sect2>
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    52370</sect1>
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