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24 .\" Like TP, but if specified indent is more than half
25 .\" the current line-length - indent, use the default indent.
27 .ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP
30 .TH GROFF @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
32 groff \- front end for the groff document formatting system
36 .B \-tpeszaivhblCENRSVXZ
79 is a front-end to the groff document formatting system.
82 program and a postprocessor appropriate for the selected
84 Available devices are:
87 For PostScript printers and previewers
93 For a 75 dpi X11 previewer
96 For a 100dpi X11 previewer
99 For typewriter-like devices
102 For typewriter-like devices using the ISO Latin-1 character set.
105 For an HP LaserJet4-compatible (or other PCL5-compatible) printer.
107 The postprocessor to be used for a device is specified by the
109 command in the device description file.
110 This can be overridden with the
114 The default device is
116 It can optionally preprocess with any of
124 Options without an argument can be grouped behind a single
128 denotes the standard input.
132 command can be used to guess the correct groff command to use to
137 Print a help message.
140 Preprocess with @g@eqn.
143 Preprocess with @g@tbl.
146 Preprocess with @g@pic.
149 Preprocess with @g@soelim.
152 Preprocess with @g@refer.
153 No mechanism is provided for passing arguments to
155 because most @g@refer options have equivalent commands
156 which can be included in the file.
158 .BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@)
164 print out their version number.
167 Print the pipeline on stdout instead of executing it.
172 Only error messages will be printed.
175 Do not postprocess the output of
179 will automatically run the appropriate postprocessor.
184 to the postprocessor.
185 Each argument should be passed with a separate
194 before passing it to the postprocessor.
197 Send the output to a printer.
198 The command used for this is specified by the
200 command in the device description file.
206 Each argument should be passed with a separate
215 before passing it to the postprocessor.
218 Prepare output for device
220 The default device is
226 instead of using the usual postprocessor.
232 option which will make the
236 would have done if the
238 option had been given.
239 This is unlikely to produce good results except with
243 Don't allow newlines with eqn delimiters.
244 This is the same as the
288 These are as described in
289 .BR @g@troff (@MAN1EXT@) .
293 .B GROFF_COMMAND_PREFIX
318 A colon separated list of directories in which to search for
327 A colon separated list of directories in which to search for the
333 The search path for commands executed by
338 The directory in which temporary files will be created.
339 If this is not set and
342 is set, temporary files will be created in that directory.
343 Otherwise temporary files will be created in
346 .BR grops (@MAN1EXT@)
348 .BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@)
349 commands can create temporary files.
351 .Tp \w'\fB@FONTDIR@/dev\fIname\fB/DESC'u+3n
352 .BI @FONTDIR@/dev name /DESC
353 Device description file for device
356 .BI @FONTDIR@/dev name / F
362 James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>
364 Report bugs to bug-groff@prep.ai.mit.edu.
365 Include a complete, self-contained example
366 that will allow the bug to be reproduced,
367 and say which version of groff you are using.
369 Copyright \(co 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
371 groff is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
372 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
373 Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
376 groff is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
377 WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
378 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
381 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
382 with groff; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software
383 Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
385 The most recent released version of groff is always available for
386 anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu (18.71.0.38) in the directory
389 .BR grog (@MAN1EXT@),
390 .BR @g@troff (@MAN1EXT@),
391 .BR @g@tbl (@MAN1EXT@),
392 .BR @g@pic (@MAN1EXT@),
393 .BR @g@eqn (@MAN1EXT@),
394 .BR @g@soelim (@MAN1EXT@) ,
395 .BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@),
396 .BR grops (@MAN1EXT@),
397 .BR grodvi (@MAN1EXT@),
398 .BR grotty (@MAN1EXT@),
399 .BR gxditview (@MAN1EXT@),
400 .BR groff_font (@MAN5EXT@),
401 .BR groff_out (@MAN5EXT@),
402 .BR groff_ms (@MAN7EXT@),
404 .BR groff_char (@MAN7EXT@),
405 .BR msafer (@MAN7EXT@)