9srv Manual Collection/plan9/troff(1) 9srv Manual Collection/plan9/troff(1)
NAME
troff, nroff, dpost - text formatting and typesetting

SYNOPSIS
troff [ option ... ] [ file ... ]

dpost [ -f ] [ file ... ]

nroff [ option ... ] [ file ... ]

DESCRIPTION
Troff formats text in the named files for printing on a typesetter, emitting a textual intermediate format called `typesetter-independent troff output', understood by programs such as proof(1) and lp(1), but also by a troff post-processor named dpost, which emits corresponding Postscript. Under -f, dpost also emits Postscript font definitions as needed. Nroff does the same as troff, but produces output suitable for typewriter-like devices, usually without further post-processing, but see col(1).

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 are:


-olist
Print pages in the comma-separated list of numbers and ranges. A range N-M means N through M; initial -M means up to M; final N- means from N to the end.
-nN
Number first generated page N.
-mname
Process the macro file /sys/lib/tmac/tmac.name before the input files.
-raN
Set register a (one character name) to N.
-i
Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.
-q
Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request.
-N
Produce output suitable for typewriter-like devices.

Typesetter devices (not -N) only
-a
Send a printable textual approximation of the results to the standard output.
-Tdest
Prepare output for typesetter dest:
-Tutf
(The default.) PostScript printers with preprocessing to handle Unicode characters encoded in UTF
-Tpost
Regular PostScript printers
-T202
Mergenthaler Linotron 202
-Fdir
Take font information from directory dir.

Typewriter (-N) output only
-sN
Halt prior to every N pages (default N=1) to allow paper loading or changing.
-Tname
Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names include utf for the normal Plan 9 UTF encoding of the Unicode Standard character set (default), 37 for the Teletype model 37, lp (`line-printer') for any terminal without half-line capability, 450 for the DASI-450 (Diablo Hyterm), and think (HP ThinkJet).
-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 settings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character widths.

FILES
/tmp/trtmp*
temporary file
/sys/lib/tmac/tmac.*
standard macro files
/sys/lib/troff/term/*
terminal driving tables for nroff
/sys/lib/troff/font/*
font width tables for troff

SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/troff
/rc/bin/dpost

SEE ALSO
lp(1), proof(1), page(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), pic(1), grap(1), doctype(1), ms(6), image(6), tex(1), deroff(1), col(1)
J. F. Ossanna and B. W. Kernighan, ``Troff User's Manual''
B. W. Kernighan, ``A Typesetter-Independent TROFF'', CSTR #97
B. W. Kernighan, ``A TROFF Tutorial'', Unix Research System Programmer's Manual, Tenth Edition, Volume 2.

9srv Manual Collection/plan9/troff(1) Rev:  Sun Dec 02 23:42:16 GMT 2007