TROFF(1) TROFF(1)
NAME
troff, nroff - text formatting and typesetting
SYNOPSIS
troff [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
nroff [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Troff formats text in the named files for printing on a pho-
totypesetter; nroff for typewriter-like devices. Their
capabilities are described in the references.
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 pages in the comma-separated list of numbers
and ranges. A range N-M means N through M; initial
-M means up to M; final N- means from N to the end.
-nN Number first generated page N.
-mname Prepend the macro file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name to
the input files.
-raN Set register a (one character name) to N.
-i Read standard input after the input files are
exhausted.
-q Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd
request.
-z produce no output: diagnostics and .tm messages only
Troff only
-a Send a printable ASCII approximation of the results
to the standard output.
-Tdest Prepare output for typesetter dest:
-Tpost Apple LaserWriter and other PostScript print-
ers (default)
-T202 Mergenthaler Linotron 202
-Taps Autologic APS-5
-Fdir Take font information from directory dir.
TROFF(1) TROFF(1)
Nroff only
-sN Halt prior to every N pages (default N=1) to allow
paper loading or changing.
-Tname Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names
include 37 for the (default) Teletype model 37, lp
(`line-printer') for any terminal without half-line
capability, 450 for the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm),
and think (HP ThinkJet, see thinkblt(9.1)).
-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 set-
tings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character
widths.
FILES
temporary file
standard macro files
terminal driving tables for
nroff
font width tables for troff
SEE ALSO
lp(1), d202(A), proof(9.1), apsend(1), reader(9.7)
eqn(1), tbl(1), prefer(1), pic(1), ideal(1), grap(1),
dag(1), cip(9.1), ped(9.1)
doctype(1), ms(6), mpm(6), mbits(6), mpictures(6), mcs(6),
font(5), monk(1), tex(1)
J. F. Ossanna and B. W. Kernighan, `Nroff/Troff User's Man-
ual', this manual, Volume 2
B. W. Kernighan, `A TROFF Tutorial', ibid.