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 Graphic Systems C/A/T phototypesetter; nroff for typewriter-like devices. Their capabilities are described in the Nroff/Troff user's manual. 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 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. -nN Number first generated page N. -sN Stop every N pages. Nroff will halt prior to every N pages (default N=1) to allow paper loading or chang- ing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline. Troff will stop the phototypesetter every N pages, produce a trailer to allow changing cassettes, and resume when the typesetter's start button is pressed. -mname Prepend the macro file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name to the input files. -raN Set register a (one-character) to N. -i Read standard input after the input files are exhausted. -q Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request. Nroff only -Tname Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names are 37 for the (default) Teletype Corporation Model TROFF(1) TROFF(1) 37 terminal, tn300 for the GE TermiNet 300 (or any terminal without half-line capability), 300S for the DASI-300S, 300 for the DASI-300, and 450 for the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm). -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. Troff only -t Direct output to the standard output instead of the phototypesetter. -f Refrain from feeding out paper and stopping photo- typesetter at the end of the run. -w Wait until phototypesetter is available, if currently busy. -b Report whether the phototypesetter is busy or avail- able. No text processing is done. -a Send a printable ASCII approximation of the results to the standard output. -pN Print all characters in point size N while retaining all prescribed spacings and motions, to reduce photo- typesetter elasped time. -g Prepare output for a GCOS phototypesetter and direct it to the standard output (see gcat(1)). If the file /usr/adm/tracct is writable, troff keeps photo- typesetter accounting records there. The integrity of that file may be secured by making troff a `set user-id' program. FILES /usr/lib/suftab suffix hyphenation tables /tmp/ta* temporary file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files /usr/lib/term/* terminal driving tables for nroff /usr/lib/font/* font width tables for troff /dev/cat phototypesetter /usr/adm/tracct accounting statistics for /dev/cat SEE ALSO J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff user's manual TROFF(1) TROFF(1) B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial eqn(1), tbl(1) col(1), tk(1) (nroff only) tc(1), gcat(1) (troff only)