7 .\" Like TP, but if specified indent is more than half
8 .\" the current line-length - indent, use the default indent.
10 .ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP
13 .TH GROFF @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
15 groff \- front end for the groff document formatting system
19 .B \-tpeszaivhblCENRVXZ
65 is a front-end to the groff document formatting system.
68 program and a postprocessor appropriate for the selected
70 Available devices are:
73 For PostScript printers and previewers
79 For a 75 dpi X11 previewer
82 For a 100dpi X11 previewer
85 For typewriter-like devices
88 For typewriter-like devices using the ISO Latin-1 character set.
90 The postprocessor to be used for a device is specified by the
92 command in the device description file.
93 This can be overridden with the
99 It can optionally preprocess with any of
107 Options without an argument can be grouped behind a single
111 denotes the standard input.
115 Print a help message.
118 Preprocess with @g@eqn.
121 Preprocess with @g@tbl.
124 Preprocess with @g@pic.
127 Preprocess with @g@soelim.
130 Preprocess with @g@refer.
131 No mechanism is provided for passing arguments to
133 because most @g@refer options have equivalent commands
134 which can be included in the file.
136 .BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@)
142 print out their version number.
145 Print the pipeline on stdout instead of executing it.
150 Only error messages will be printed.
153 Do not postprocess the output of
157 will automatically run the appropriate postprocessor.
162 to the postprocessor.
163 Each argument should be passed with a separate
172 before passing it to the postprocessor.
175 Send the output to a printer.
176 The command used for this is specified by the
178 command in the device description file.
184 Each argument should be passed with a separate
193 before passing it to the postprocessor.
196 Prepare output for device
198 The default device is
204 instead of using the usual postprocessor.
205 This is unlikely to produce good results except with
209 Don't allow newlines with eqn delimiters.
210 This is the same as the
246 These are as described in
247 .BR @g@troff (@MAN1EXT@) .
252 A colon separated list of directories in which to search for
261 A colon separated list of directories in which to search for the
267 File containing hyphenation patterns.
271 The search path for commands executed by
276 The directory in which temporary files will be created.
277 If this is not set and
280 is set, temporary files will be created in that directory.
281 Otherwise temporary files will be created in
284 .BR grops (@MAN1EXT@)
286 .BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@)
287 commands can create temporary files.
289 .Tp \w'\fB@FONTDIR@/dev\fIname\fB/DESC'u+3n
293 .BI @FONTDIR@/dev name /DESC
294 Device description file for device
297 .BI @FONTDIR@/dev name / F
303 James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>
305 Report bugs to bug-groff@prep.ai.mit.edu.
306 Include a complete, self-contained example
307 that will allow the bug to be reproduced,
308 and say which version of groff you are using.
310 Copyright \(co 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
312 groff is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
313 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
314 Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
317 groff is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
318 WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
319 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
322 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
323 with groff; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software
324 Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
326 The most recent released version of groff is always available for
327 anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu (18.71.0.38) in the directory
330 .BR grog (@MAN1EXT@),
331 .BR @g@troff (@MAN1EXT@),
332 .BR @g@tbl (@MAN1EXT@),
333 .BR @g@pic (@MAN1EXT@),
334 .BR @g@eqn (@MAN1EXT@),
335 .BR @g@soelim (@MAN1EXT@) ,
336 .BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@),
337 .BR grops (@MAN1EXT@),
338 .BR grodvi (@MAN1EXT@),
339 .BR grotty (@MAN1EXT@),
340 .BR gxditview (@MAN1EXT@),
341 .BR groff_font (@MAN5EXT@),
342 .BR groff_out (@MAN5EXT@),
343 .BR groff_ms (@MAN7EXT@),
344 .BR groff_me (@MAN7EXT@),
345 .BR groff_char (@MAN7EXT@)