Manual page for GROFF(1)
groff - front end for the groff document formatting system
SYNOPSIS
groff
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DESCRIPTION
groff
is a front-end to the groff document formatting system.
Normally it runs the
gtroff
program and a postprocessor appropriate for the selected
device.
Available devices are:
- ps
-
For PostScript printers and previewers
- dvi
-
For TeX dvi format
- X75
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For a 75 dpi X11 previewer
- X100
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For a 100dpi X11 previewer
- ascii
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For typewriter-like devices
- latin1
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For typewriter-like devices using the ISO Latin-1 character set.
The postprocessor to be used for a device is specified by the
postpro
command in the device description file.
This can be overridden with the
-X
option.
The default device is
ps.
It can optionally preprocess with any of
gpic,
geqn,
gtbl,
grefer,
or
gsoelim.
Options without an argument can be grouped behind a single
-.
A filename of
-
denotes the standard input.
The
grog
command can be used to guess the correct groff command to use to
format a file.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
Print a help message.
- -e
-
Preprocess with geqn.
- -t
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Preprocess with gtbl.
- -p
-
Preprocess with gpic.
- -s
-
Preprocess with gsoelim.
- -R
-
Preprocess with grefer.
No mechanism is provided for passing arguments to
grefer
because most grefer options have equivalent commands
which can be included in the file.
See
grefer.1
for more details.
- -v
-
Make programs run by
groff
print out their version number.
- -V
-
Print the pipeline on stdout instead of executing it.
- -z
-
Suppress output from
gtroff.
Only error messages will be printed.
- -Z
-
Do not postprocess the output of
gtroff.
Normally
groff
will automatically run the appropriate postprocessor.
- -Parg
-
Pass
arg
to the postprocessor.
Each argument should be passed with a separate
-P
option.
Note that
groff
does not prepend
-
to
arg
before passing it to the postprocessor.
- -l
-
Send the output to a printer.
The command used for this is specified by the
print
command in the device description file.
- -Larg
-
Pass
arg
to the spooler.
Each argument should be passed with a separate
-L
option.
Note that
groff
does not prepend
-
to
arg
before passing it to the postprocessor.
- -Tdev
-
Prepare output for device
dev.
The default device is
ps.
- -X
-
Preview with
gxditview
instead of using the usual postprocessor.
This is unlikely to produce good results except with
-Tps.
- -N
-
Don't allow newlines with eqn delimiters.
This is the same as the
-N
option in
geqn.
- -a
-
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
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Last modified 11/5/97
