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     DEROFF(1)                                               DEROFF(1)

     NAME
          deroff, demonk, detex, delatex - remove formatting requests

     SYNOPSIS
          deroff [ option ... ] file ...

          demonk [ option ... ] file ...

          detex file

          delatex file

     DESCRIPTION
          Deroff reads each file in sequence and removes all nroff and
          troff(1) requests and non-text arguments, backslash con-
          structions, and constructs of preprocessors such as eqn,
          pic, and tbl(1). Remaining text is written on the standard
          output.  Deroff follows files included by `.so' and `.nx'
          commands; if a file has already been included, a `.so' for
          that file is ignored and a `.nx' terminates execution.  If
          no input file is given, deroff reads from standard input.

          The options are

          -w   Output a word list, one `word' (string of letters, dig-
               its, and properly embedded ampersands and apostrophes,
               beginning with a letter) per line.  Other characters
               are skipped.  Otherwise, the output follows the origi-
               nal, with the deletions mentioned above.

          -i   Ignore `.so' and `.nx' requests.

          -ms
          -mm  Remove titles, attachments, etc., as well as ordinary
               troff constructs, from ms(6) or mm documents.

          -ml  Same as -mm, but remove lists as well.

          Demonk removes all monk(1) commands and then invokes deroff
          to handle both troff commands and preprocessor constructs.
          Demonk follows files included by `|insert' and `|source'
          commands as well as troff `.so' and `.nx' requests.  If no
          input file is given, demonk reads from standard input.

          Demonk recognizes the following options and passes all
          options except -b and -d to deroff .

          -i   Ignore monk `|insert' and `|source' commands as well as
               troff `.so' and `.nx' requests.

     DEROFF(1)                                               DEROFF(1)

          -b   Do not output blank lines resulting from the removal of
               monk commands.

          -ddir
               Use non-standard monk database directory dir.

          Detex and delatex do for tex(1) and latex(6) files what
          deroff -w does for troff files.  Delatex largely subsumes
          detex.

     SEE ALSO
          troff(1), monk(1), tex(1), spell(1), wwb(1)

     BUGS
          These filters are not complete interpreters of troff or tex.
          For example, macro definitions containing `\$' cause chaos
          in deroff when the popular `$$' delimiters for eqn are in
          effect.
          Text inside macros is emitted at place of definition, not
          place of call.