/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:program and macro suite is the implementation of a
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/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:system within the free software collection
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/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:system has all features of the classical
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/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:but adds many extensions.
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.I groff system
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:implements the infrastructure of classical roff; see
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:for a survey on how a
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:system works in general.
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:is much easier than
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.IR "classical roff" .
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:It complements
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:with
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:Doing so, the sometimes tedious piping mechanism of classical
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:can be avoided.
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:General concepts common to all
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:programming languages are described in
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.BR roff (7).
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:The central
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:formatter within the
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:which tries to emulate classical
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:as much as possible.
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:In
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.IR roff ,
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:the output targets are called
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/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.BR \%xditview (1x)
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:viewer distributed with X window.
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:When there is a need to run different
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:implementations at the same time
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:to different values, the different
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:installations can be addressed.
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:To process a
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:file using the preprocessors
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:Introduction, history and further readings:
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.BR roff (7).
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.TP
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:Roff preprocessors:
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.BR \%eqn (1),
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.TP
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:Roff language with the groff extensions:
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.BR \%groff (7),
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/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.TP
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:Roff formatter programs:
/usr/share/man/man1/groff.1.gz:.BR \%nroff (1),
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:.\" grog.man -> grog.1 - man page for grog (section 1)
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:.\" Source file position:  <groff_source_top>/src/roff/grog/grog.man
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/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:A
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:file can also be written in the
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:also works with pure text files without any
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:requests,
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/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:cannot be used to identify a file to be a
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/grog.1.gz:file.
/usr/share/man/man1/pic.1.gz:requests;
/usr/share/man/man1/pic.1.gz:.B roff
/usr/share/man/man1/pic.1.gz:configuration commands may be added at the beginning of the file, but no
/usr/share/man/man1/pic.1.gz:.B roff
/usr/share/man/man1/pic.1.gz:text.
/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz:
/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz:This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system, which
/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz:is a GNU free software project..
/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz:.TP
/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz:An overview over
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/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz:and other
/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/troff.1.gz:systems, including pointers to further related documentation.
/usr/share/man/man1/gpic.1.gz:requests;
/usr/share/man/man1/gpic.1.gz:.B roff
/usr/share/man/man1/gpic.1.gz:configuration commands may be added at the beginning of the file, but no
/usr/share/man/man1/gpic.1.gz:.B roff
/usr/share/man/man1/gpic.1.gz:text.
/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz:Each input must be written in the
/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz:or
/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz:.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz:.SH "THE LILYPOND PARTS IN ROFF INPUT"
/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz:.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz:.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz:.SH "THE GENERATED NEW ROFF STRUCTURE"
/usr/share/man/man1/glilypond.1.gz:.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz:.SH NAME
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/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz:in a
/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz:.I roff file
/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz:could look like that:
/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz:into the
/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz:.I roff string
/usr/share/man/man1/gperl.1.gz:called
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:or other
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.I \%roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:languages, see
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.BR \%roff (7),
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:that are compatible to the original
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:Transform
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.I roff input files
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:into a
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:Display the formatted input in a native
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:viewer.
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.B source
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:Output the roff source code of the input files without further
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:processing.
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:\%\f[CR]X\~Window\f[]
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:viewers such as
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:is a
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:program; it wants to read
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:source files and format them itself.
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:--
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/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:\fIsh#\fR\~groffer\~groff\~\[cq]troff(1)\[cq]\~man:roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.EE
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/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:and
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/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:(in the section with the lowest number, being\~7 in this case).
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/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:\fIsh#\fR\~groffer\~\-\-source\~'man:roff(7)'
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.EE
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:called
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:.I \%roff
/usr/share/man/man1/groffer.1.gz:in \fIman\fP\~section 7, decompress it, and print its unformatted
/usr/share/man/man1/pdfroff.1.gz:
/usr/share/man/man1/pdfroff.1.gz:This file is part of groff, the free GNU roff type-setting system.
/usr/share/man/man1/pdfroff.1.gz:
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2dvi.1.gz:.SH NAME
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/usr/share/man/man1/roff2dvi.1.gz:.
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/usr/share/man/man1/roff2dvi.1.gz:transforms
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2dvi.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2dvi.1.gz:code into
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/usr/share/man/man1/roff2dvi.1.gz:There are more of these programs for generating other formats of
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2dvi.1.gz:.I \%roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2dvi.1.gz:input.
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2html.1.gz:.SH NAME
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/usr/share/man/man1/roff2html.1.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2html.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2html.1.gz:transforms
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2html.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2html.1.gz:code into
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/usr/share/man/man1/roff2html.1.gz:There are more of these programs for generating other formats of
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2html.1.gz:.I \%roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2html.1.gz:input.
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz:.SH NAME
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz:roff2pdf \- transform roff code into pdf mode
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz:.
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/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz:transforms
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz:code into
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz:There are more of these programs for generating other formats of
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz:.I \%roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2pdf.1.gz:input.
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz:.SH NAME
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz:roff2ps \- transform roff code into ps mode
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz:transforms
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz:code into
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/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz:There are more of these programs for generating other formats of
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz:.I \%roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2ps.1.gz:input.
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:.SH NAME
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:roff2text \- transform roff code into text mode
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:transforms
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:code into
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:There are more of these programs for generating other formats of
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:.I \%roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2text.1.gz:input.
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:.SH NAME
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:roff2x \- transform roff code into x mode
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:transforms
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:code into
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:There are more of these programs for generating other formats of
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:.I \%roff
/usr/share/man/man1/roff2x.1.gz:input.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_font.5.gz:
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_font.5.gz:This file is part of groff (GNU roff), which is a free software project.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_font.5.gz:
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system, which is
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:a free software project.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:format of the GNU
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:text processing system
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:As the GNU
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:processor
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:.RI pre- groff
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:versions are denoted as
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:the
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:input is cracked down to the information on what has to be printed at
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:language, never to the
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:language used for document formatting.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:The
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:postprocessors are programs that have the task to translate the
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:.TP
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:for historical aspects and the general structure of roff systems.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_out.5.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.SH NAME
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:groff_tmac \- macro files in the roff typesetting system
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:The
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:type-setting system provides a set of macro packages suitable for
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.RB \[oq] T\c
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.IB roff MAC\c
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.IR ros \[cq].
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:The tmac files are normal roff source documents, except that they
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:usually contain only definitions and setup commands, but no text.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.B roff
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:loads latin1 by default at start-up.
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:Due to different character ranges used in
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:it doesn\[aq]t work on architectures which are based on ASCII.
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:Classical roff systems were designed before the conventions of the
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:modern C
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.B .mso
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:requests, the roff preprocessor
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.BR soelim (1)
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:and is used in some document called
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.EX
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:\fIsh#\fP groff \-m macros docu.roff
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.EE
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.EX
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:\fIsh#\fP groff \-s docu.roff
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.EE
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/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:There is a convention that is supported by many modern roff
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:type-setters and
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:(see
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.BR roff (7)).
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:A
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:document is a text file that is enriched by predefined formatting
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:These elements are described in
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.BR roff (7).
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.I "copy mode"
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:in roff-talk.
/usr/share/man/man5/groff_tmac.5.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.SH NAME
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:ditroff \- classical device independent roff
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system.
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:In actual
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:systems, the name
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:The first roff system was written by Joe Ossanna around 1973.
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:Today, any existing roff system is based on Kernighan\[aq]s
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:multi-device troff.
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:The easiest way to use ditroff is the GNU roff system,
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.IR groff .
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.TP
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:This document gives details on the history and concepts of roff.
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.BR groff (1)
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:The GNU roff program and pointers to all documentation around groff.
/usr/share/man/man7/ditroff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.SH NAME
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:groff \- a short reference for the GNU roff language
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.de co
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:stands for
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.I GNU roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:and is the free implementation of the roff type-setting system.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:See
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:for a survey and the background of the groff system.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:This document gives only short descriptions of the predefined roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:language elements as used in groff.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:Historically, the
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.I roff language
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:was called
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:So in GNU, the terms
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.IR roff ,
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.IR troff ,
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:emphasizes the GNU extensions, and
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:is the general term for the language.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:The general syntax for writing groff documents is relatively easy, but
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:writing extensions to the roff language can be a bit harder.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:The roff language is line-oriented.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:The roff language provides flexible instruments for writing language
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:extension, such as macros.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:When interpreting macro definitions, the roff system enters a special
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:operating mode, called the
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:Reading roff source files is easier, just reduce all double backslashes
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:to a single one in all macro definitions.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:The roff language elements add formatting information to a text file.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:The fundamental elements are predefined commands and variables that
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:make roff a full-blown programming language.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:There are two kinds of roff commands, possibly with arguments.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.B Requests
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:Moreover, there are some advanced roff elements.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:The
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:language defines the following scaling indicators.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.REQ .ex
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:Exit from roff processing.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:They can originate from a macro package (see
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:for an overview) or from a preprocessor.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.esc (
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:construct are glyphs predefined by the roff system; these are called
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:\[oq]Special Characters\[cq] in the classical documentation.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.esc[] "" glyph ,
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:but compatible to other roff versions.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:that allows to include all available Unicode characters into some
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:file.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:But in
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:this is much more difficult.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.BR groff_diff (7)
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:the differences of the groff language as compared to classical roff.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.TP
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:the history of roff, the common parts shared by all roff systems, and
/usr/share/man/man7/groff.7.gz:pointers to further documentation.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:.\" For best results, format this document with `groff' (GNU roff).
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:This file is part of groff (GNU roff), which is a free software project.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:.BR man (1)
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:program or the roff formatter).
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:All roff systems provide the concept of named glyphs.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:In traditional roff systems, only names of length\ 2 were used, while
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:groff also provides support for longer names.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:.BR groff (1)
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:the GNU roff formatter
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_char.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:the GNU
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:text processing system, and the classical
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:formatter of the freely available Unix\~7 of the 1970s, documented in
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:This includes the roff language as well as the intermediate output
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:format (troff output).
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:gives pointers to both the classical
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:and the modern
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.B compatibility mode
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:that allows to process roff code written for classical
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.B troff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:or for other implementations of roff in a consistent way.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.TP
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.BR roff (7)
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:A survey of
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_diff.7.gz:systems, including pointers to further historical documentation.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.SH NAME
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:groff_filenames \(em filename extensions for roff and groff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:Since the evolution of
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:in the 1970s, a whole bunch of filename extensions for
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:files were used.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:The
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:extensions refer to preprocessors or macro packages.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.SH COMPRESSION OF ROFF FILES
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:Each
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:file can be optionally
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:style is the best known part of the
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:language.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:There are 2
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:languages for writing man\-pages:
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:Man-page format in
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.IR "heirloom roff ".
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:The
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I "classical roff"
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:languages were interpreted by the traditional
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:There were several
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:languages, each represented by a
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.IB <name> .me
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:file using the
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.IB <name> .mm
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:file using the
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.IB <name> .ms
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:file using the
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:All of these classical
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:languages and their extensions are still very active in
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:In traditional
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:the source code for the macro packages was stored in
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.SS Classical Roff Files
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:for files using the
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:language of any kind
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I "GNU roff"
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.B groff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:is the actual
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:standard, both for classical
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:and new extensions.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.TQ
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.IB <name> .roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:general ending for files using the
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:History and future
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.BR roff (7),
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.BR man\-pages (7),
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.P
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.UR https://\:github.com/\:n-t-roff/\:heirloom-doctools
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.I Gunnar Ritter\[aq]s Heirloom roff project
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.UE .
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.EX
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:\[Do] git clone https://github.com/n-t-roff/heirloom-doctools
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_filenames.7.gz:.EE
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:to your
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:.I roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:file before using any macros of the
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:As with
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:.BR roff 's
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:.CR .ft
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:The file
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:.B examples/common.roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_hdtbl.7.gz:provides another example setup
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_mom.7.gz:.SH NAME
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_mom.7.gz:groff_mom \- groff `mom' macros, `mom' is a `roff' language, part of `groff'
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_mom.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:.BR groff (1)
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:can be a valuable tool for debugging documents written in the roff
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:formatting language.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:In the following examples, a roff fragment is fed into groff via
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:standard input.
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:--
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:.BR groffer (1)
/usr/share/man/man7/groff_trace.7.gz:A viewer program for all kinds of roff documents.
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