1 This is the GNU groff document formatting system. The version number
2 is given in the file VERSION.
4 Included in this release are implementations of troff, pic, eqn, tbl,
5 grn, refer, -man, -mdoc, and -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript, TeX
6 dvi format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, Canon CAPSL printers, HTML format
7 (still alpha), and typewriter-like devices. Also included is a modified
8 version of the Berkeley -me macros, an enhanced version of the X11
9 xditview previewer, and an implementation of the -mm macros contributed
10 by Joergen Haegg (jh@axis.se).
12 See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. You will require a
15 The file NEWS describes recent user-visible changes to groff.
17 Groff is free software. See the file COPYING for copying permission.
19 The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been encountered
20 in compiling, installing, and running groff.
22 For the moment, the documentation assumes that you are already familiar
23 with the Unix versions of troff, -man, -ms, and the preprocessors.
25 The most recent released version of groff is always available by
26 anonymous ftp from ftp.gnu.org in the directory pub/gnu/groff.
28 A CVS repository is now available, containing the current development
29 version of groff. You can access it with the commands
31 export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.ffii.org:/var/cvs
35 (if the prompt for the password appears, just press the enter key).
36 After a successful login you no longer need the first two commands; an
37 update of a checked out repository should be done with
41 Please read the info pages of cvs for further details.
43 Alternatively, you can download snapshots (which are updated twice a
46 ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-current.tar.gz
48 or a diff file relative to the latest official groff release as
50 ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-<version>-current.diff.gz
52 Assuming that groff-<version>.tar.gz and
53 groff-<version>-current.diff.gz are in the same directory, do the
54 following to apply the diff file:
56 tar xzvf groff-<version>.tar.gz
58 gunzip -c ../groff-<version>-current.diff.gz | patch -p1
60 Please report bugs using the form in the file BUG-REPORT; the idea of
61 this is to make sure that FSF has all the information it needs to fix
62 the bug. At the very least, read the BUG-REPORT form and make sure
63 that you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are
64 not sure that something is a bug, report it using BUG-REPORT: this will
65 enable us to determine whether it really is a bug or not.
67 Three mailing lists are available:
69 bug-groff@gnu.org for reporting bugs
70 groff@gnu.org for general discussion of groff
71 groff-commit@ffii.org a read-only list showing logs of
72 commitments to the CVS repository
74 Note that groff@gnu.org is an alias for groff@ffii.org; you must be
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77 To subscribe, send a mail to <list>-request@<domain> (example:
78 groff-request@ffii.org) with the word `subscribe' in either the subject
79 or body of the email (don't include the quotes).
81 GNU groff was written by James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>. It is now
82 maintained by Ted Harding <ted.harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> and Werner