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- NROFF User Commands NROFF
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- NNAAMMEE
- nroff - text formatting
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- SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
- nnrrooffff [ option ] ... [ file ] ...
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- _N_r_o_f_f formats text in the named _f_i_l_e_s for typewriter-like
- devices. See also _t_r_o_f_f(_1). The full capabilities of _n_r_o_f_f
- are described in the _N_r_o_f_f/_T_r_o_f_f _U_s_e_r'_s _M_a_n_u_a_l.
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- If no _f_i_l_e 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.
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- The options, which may appear in any order so long as they
- appear _b_e_f_o_r_e the files, are:
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- --oo_l_i_s_t Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the
- comma-separated _l_i_s_t 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.
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- --nn_N Number first generated page _N.
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- --ss_N Stop every _N pages. _N_r_o_f_f will halt prior to every _N
- pages (default _N=1) to allow paper loading or chang-
- ing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline.
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- --mm_n_a_m_e Prepend the macro file //uussrr//lliibb//ttmmaacc//ttmmaacc.._n_a_m_e to the
- input _f_i_l_e_s.
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- --rr_a_N Set register _a (one-character) to _N.
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- --ii Read standard input after the input files are
- exhausted.
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- --qq Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rrdd
- request.
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- --TT_n_a_m_e Prepare output for specified terminal. Known _n_a_m_e_s
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- 3377 for the Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal,
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- ccrrtt the default; linked to lpr and tn300, for the GE
- TermiNet 300 (or any terminal without reverse-line
- or half-line capability),
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- 330000 for the DTC 300,
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- NROFF User Commands NROFF
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- 330022 for the DTC 302S and the DTC 300S,
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- 338822 for the DTC 382,
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- 445500 for the DTC 450 and the IPSI 1622,
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- 883333 for the AJ 832/833,
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- eeppssoonn
- for the Epson FX80,
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- iittoohh for the C:ITOH Prowriter
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- nneecc for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the
- Courier-72/Manifold thimble,
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- nneecc--tt
- for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Tech-
- Math/Times-Roman thimble,
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- nneecc2255--tt
- for the NEC-5525/7725 Spinwriter, with the Tech-
- Math/Times-Roman thimble,
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- qquummee for the Qume Sprint 5 or 9,
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- xx--eeccss
- for the Xerox/Diablo 1730/630, extended character
- set,
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- xxeerrooxx
- for the Xerox 17?0 or the Diablo 16?0.
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- Most of these also have versions for 12 pitch; see
- /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_t_e_r_m/_R_E_A_D_M_E for more information.
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- --ee Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using
- full terminal resolution.
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- --hh Use output tabs during horizontal spacing to speed out-
- put and reduce output character count. Tab settings
- are assumed to be every 8 nominal character widths.
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- FFIILLEESS
- /tmp/ta* temporary file
- /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files
- /usr/lib/term/* terminal driving tables for _n_r_o_f_f
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- J. F. Ossanna, _N_r_o_f_f/_T_r_o_f_f _u_s_e_r'_s _m_a_n_u_a_l
- B. W. Kernighan, _A _T_R_O_F_F _T_u_t_o_r_i_a_l
- troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), ms(7), me(7), man(7), col(1)
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