TROFF(I)                     5/15/74                     TROFF(I)







NAME

     troff  -  format text



SYNOPSIS

     troff [ +n ] [ -n ] [ -nn ] [ -mx ] [ -t ] [ -f ] [ -w  ]  [

     -i ] [ -a ] [ -pn ] files



DESCRIPTION

     Troff formats text for  a  Graphic  Systems  phototypesetter

     according  to  control lines embedded in the text files.  It

     reads the standard input if no  file  arguments  are  given.

     The non-file option arguments are interpreted as follows:



     +n      Commence typesetting at the first page numbered n or

            larger.



     -n      Stop after page n.



     -nn     First generated (not necessarily  printed)  page  is

            given the number n; simulates ``.pn n''.



     -mx     Prepends a  standard  macro  file;  simulates  ``.so

            /usr/lib/tmac.x''.



     -t      Place output  on  standard  output  instead  of  the

            phototypesetter.



     -f      Refrain from feeding  out  paper  and  stopping  the

            phototypesetter at the end.



     -w      Wait  until   phototypesetter   is   available,   if

            currently busy.



     -i      Read from standard input after the files  have  been

            exhausted.



     -a      Send a printable approximation of the results to the

            standard output.



     -pn     Print  all  characters  with  point-size   n   while

            retaining all prescribed spacings and motions.





FILES

     /usr/lib/suftab suffix hyphenation tables

     /tmp/rtm?       temporary

     /usr/lib/tmac.x standard macro files



SEE ALSO

     TROFF User's Manual (internal memorandum).

     TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandum).

     nroff (I), eqn (I), catsim (VI)



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