NROFF
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 17, 1987
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NAME
nroff - text formatting
SYNOPSIS
nroff
[ option ] ...
[ file ] ...
DESCRIPTION
Nroff
formats text in the named
files
for typewriter-like devices. See also
troff(1).
The full capabilities of
nroff
are described in the
Nroff/Troff User's Manual.
If no
file
argument is present, the standard input is read.
An argument consisting of a single minus
(-)
is taken to be a file name corresponding to the standard input.
The options, which may appear in any order so long as they appear
before
the files, are:
- -olist
-
Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated
list
of numbers and ranges. A range
N-M
means pages
N
through
M;
an initial
-N
means from the beginning to page
N;
and a final
N-
means from
N
to the end.
- -nN
-
Number first generated page
N.
- -sN
-
Stop every
N
pages.
Nroff
will halt prior to every
N
pages (default
N=1)
to allow paper loading or changing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline.
- -mname
-
Prepend the macro file
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name
to the input
files.
- -raN
-
Set register
a
(one-character) to
N.
- -i
-
Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
- -q
-
Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the
rd
request.
- -Tname
-
Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names are:
-
- 37
-
for the Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal,
- crt
-
the default; linked to lpr and tn300, for the GE TermiNet 300 (or any
terminal without reverse-line or half-line capability),
- 300
-
for the DTC 300,
- 302
-
for the DTC 302S and the DTC 300S,
- 382
-
for the DTC 382,
- 450
-
for the DTC 450 and the IPSI 1622,
- 833
-
for the AJ 832/833,
- epson
-
for the Epson FX80,
- itoh
-
for the C:ITOH Prowriter
- nec
-
for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Courier-72/Manifold
thimble,
- nec-t
-
for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Tech-Math/Times-Roman
thimble,
- nec25-t
-
for the NEC-5525/7725 Spinwriter, with the Tech-Math/Times-Roman
thimble,
- qume
-
for the Qume Sprint 5 or 9,
- x-ecs
-
for the Xerox/Diablo 1730/630, extended character set,
- xerox
-
for the Xerox 17?0 or the Diablo 16?0.
Most of these also have versions for 12 pitch; see
/usr/lib/term/README for more information.
- -e
-
Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full terminal resolution.
- -h
-
Use output tabs during horizontal spacing
to speed output and reduce output character count.
Tab settings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character widths.
FILES
/tmp/ta* temporary file
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files
/usr/lib/term/* terminal driving tables for
nroff
SEE ALSO
J. F. Ossanna,
Nroff/Troff user's manual
B. W. Kernighan,
A TROFF Tutorial
troff(1),
eqn(1),
tbl(1),
ms(7),
me(7),
man(7),
col(1)
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- FILES
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- SEE ALSO
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