1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.proprietary.roff% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)nroff.1 6.7 (Berkeley) 04/18/91 7.\" 8.Vx 9.Dd 10.Dt NROFF 1 11.Os BSD 4.2 12.Sh NAME 13.Nm nroff 14.Nd text formatting 15.Sh SYNOPSIS 16.Nm nroff 17.Op option 18\&... 19.Op file 20\&... 21.Sh DESCRIPTION 22.Nm Nroff 23formats text in the named 24.Ar files 25for typewriter-like devices. See also 26.Xr troff 1 . 27The full capabilities of 28.Nm nroff 29are described in the 30.Em Nroff/Troff User's Manual . 31.Pp 32If no 33.Ar file 34argument is present, the standard input is read. 35An argument consisting of a single minus 36.Fl 37is taken to be a file name corresponding to the standard input. 38.Pp 39The options, which may appear in any order so long as they appear 40.Ar before 41the files, are: 42.Tw Fl 43.Tp Cx Fl o 44.Ar list 45.Cx 46Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-separated 47.Ar list 48of numbers and ranges. A range 49.Ar N\-M 50means pages 51.Ar N 52through 53.Ar M ; 54an initial 55.Ar \-N 56means from the beginning to page 57.Ar N ; 58and a final 59.Ar N\- 60means from 61.Ar N 62to the end. 63.Tp Cx Fl n 64.Ar N 65.Cx 66Number first generated page 67.Ar N . 68.Tp Cx Fl s 69.Ar N 70.Cx 71Stop every 72.Ar N 73pages. 74.Nm Nroff 75will halt prior to every 76.Ar N 77pages (default 78.Cx Ar N 79.Cx =1) 80.Cx 81to allow paper loading or changing, and will resume upon receipt of a newline. 82.Tp Cx Fl m 83.Ar name 84.Cx 85Prepend the macro file 86.Pa /usr/share/tmac/tmac.name 87to the input 88.Ar files . 89.Tp Cx Fl r 90.Ar aN 91.Cx 92Set register 93.Ar a 94(one-character) to 95.Ar N . 96.Tp Fl i 97Read standard input after the input files are exhausted. 98.Tp Fl q 99Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the 100.Ar rd 101request. 102.Tp Cx Fl T 103.Ar name 104.Cx 105Prepare output for specified terminal. Known 106.Ar names 107are: 108.Pp 109.Tw Cm 110.Tp Cm 37 111for the Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal, 112.Tp Cm crt 113the default; linked to lpr and tn300, for the GE TermiNet 300 (or any 114terminal without reverse-line or half-line capability), 115.Tp Cm 300 116for the DTC 300, 117.Tp Cm 302 118for the DTC 302S and the DTC 300S, 119.Tp Cm 382 120for the DTC 382, 121.Tp Cm 450 122for the DTC 450 and the IPSI 1622, 123.Tp Cm 833 124for the AJ 832/833, 125.Tp Cm epson 126for the Epson FX80, 127.Tp Cm itoh 128for the C:ITOH Prowriter 129.Tp Cm nec 130for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Courier-72/Manifold 131thimble, 132.Tp Cm nec-t 133for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Tech-Math/Times-Roman 134thimble, 135.Tp Cm nec25-t 136for the NEC-5525/7725 Spinwriter, with the Tech-Math/Times-Roman 137thimble, 138.Tp Cm qume 139for the Qume Sprint 5 or 9, 140.Tp Cm x-ecs 141for the Xerox/Diablo 1730/630, extended character set, 142.Tp Cm xerox 143for the Xerox 17?0 or the Diablo 16?0. 144Most of these also have versions for 12 pitch. 145where did this file go? see 146.Pa /usr/libdata/term/README 147for more information. 148.Tp Fl e 149Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full terminal resolution. 150.Tp Fl h 151Use output tabs during horizontal spacing 152to speed output and reduce output character count. 153Tab settings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character widths. 154.Tp 155.Sh FILES 156.Dw /usr/share/tmac/tmac.* 157.Di L 158.Dp Pa /tmp/ta* 159temporary file 160.Dp Pa /usr/share/tmac/tmac.* 161standard macro files 162.Dp Pa /usr/libdata/term/* 163terminal driving tables for 164.Nm nroff 165.br 166.Dp 167.Sh SEE ALSO 168J. F. Ossanna, 169.Em Nroff/ Troff user's manual 170.br 171B. W. Kernighan, 172.Em A TROFF Tutorial 173.br 174.Xr troff 1 , 175.Xr eqn 1 , 176.Xr tbl 1 , 177.Xr ms 7 , 178.Xr me 7 , 179.Xr man 7 , 180.Xr col 1 181.Sh HISTORY 182.Nm Nroff 183appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. 184The version described here is 185Version 7. 186 187