(BSD System Compatibility)
troff(1bsd)
troff --
(BSD) typeset or format documents
Synopsis
/usr/ucb/troff [-afiz] [-Fdir] [-mname] [-nN] [-olist]
[-raN] [-sN] [-Tdest] [-uN] [file] . . .
Description
troff
formats text in the
files.
Input to
troff
is expected to consist of text
interspersed with formatting requests and macros.
If no
file
argument is present,
troff
reads standard input.
A
-
as a
file
argument indicates that standard input
is to be read at that point in the list of input files;
troff
reads the files named ahead of the
-
in the argument list,
then text from the standard input,
and then text from the files named after the
-.
The following options may appear in any order,
but they all must appear before the first
file.
-a-
Send a printable approximation of the formatted output
to the standard output file.
-f-
Do not print a trailer after the final page of output
or cause the postprocessor to relinquish control of the device.
-i-
Read the standard input after the input files are exhausted.
-z-
Suppress formatted output.
Only diagnostic messages and messages output using the
.tm
request are output.
-Fdir-
Search the directory
dir
for font width tables
instead of the system-dependent default directory.
-mname-
Prepend the macro file
/usr/ucblib/doctools/tmac/name
to the input
files.
Note: most references to macro packages include
the leading
m
as part of the name;
for example, the
man
macro package resides in
/usr/ucblib/doctools/tmac/an.
-nN-
Number first generated page
N.
-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.
-raN-
Set register
a
(one-character) to
N.
-sN-
Stop the phototypesetter every
N
pages.
On some devices,
troff
produces a trailer so you can change cassettes;
resume by pressing the typesetter's start button.
-Tdest-
Prepare output for typesetter
dest.
The following values can be supplied for
dest:
aps-
Autologic APS-5.
This is the default value.
-uN-
Set the emboldening factor for the font mounted
in position 3 to N.
If N is missing,
then set the emboldening factor to 0.
Files
/var/tmp/trtmp-
temporary file
/usr/ucblib/doctools/tmac/*-
standard macro files
/usr/ucblib/doctools/font/dev*/*-
font width tables for alternate mounted
troff
fonts
References
checknr(1bsd),
eqn(1bsd),
man(5bsd),
me(5bsd),
ms(5bsd),
nroff(1bsd),
tbl(1bsd)
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004