TROFF(I)                     4/15/75                     TROFF(I)







NAME

     troff  -  format text



SYNOPSIS

     troff [ +n ] [ -n ] [ -sn ] [ -nn ] [ -ran ] [ -mname ] [ -t

     ] [ -f ] [ -w ] [ -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.  An

     argument  of  just  ``-'' refers to the standard input.  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.



     -sn        Print output in groups of n pages,  stopping  the

               typesetter after each group.



     -nn        First generated (not necessarily printed) page is

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



     -ran       Set number register a to the value n.



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

               /usr/lib/tmac.name''.



     -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.



     -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.* 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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