TR2TEX(1) TR2TEX(1)
NAME
tr2tex - convert a document from troff to latex
SYNOPSIS
tr2tex [ -m ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
Tr2tex attempts to convert into latex(6) form a document
contained in files written in troff(1) with ms(6) macros,
eqn(1) equations, and some simple tbl(1) specifications.
The result is placed on standard output. There is one
option.
-m Convert the document from man(6) form to latex(6).
The output may need some hand polishing. Troff requests
that cannot be converted are left as comments. Some of the
converted document may be in plain TeX.
FILES
tex(1) macros into which some troff constructs convert.
BUGS
Option -m does not work with 10th edition man macros.
Commands that are not separated from their argument by a
space are not properly parsed (e.g. .sp3i).
Eqn operators `rpile' and `lpile' are treated as `cpile',
`rcol' and `lcol' as `ccol'.
Eqn operators `size', `gsize', `fat', `gfont', `mark', and
`lineup' are ignored.
The closing member of a naturally bracketing pair of troff
requests, such as .nf-.fi or .ft I-.ft R, is not supplied
automatically after each paragraph.
When local motions are converted to `\raise' or `\lower', an
`\hbox' must be supplied manually.
The eqn expression `a sub i sub j' is misconverted; use `a
sub { i sub j }' instead.
Line spacing cannot be changed within a paragraph.
Number registers cannot be accessed via .nr.
Redefinition of some eqn operators, such as `over', `sub',
or `sup', will cause trouble.
AUTHOR
Kamal Al-Yahya, Stanford University