UNIX° TEXT PROCESSING

Formatter Command Summary

This appendix is divided into ten subsections, each covering a different facet of the nroff/troff formatting system. These sections are:

• nrof/troff command-line syntax
• nroff/troff requests
• escape sequences
• predefined number registers
• special characters
• the ms macro package
• the mm macro package
• the tbl preprocessor
• the eqn preprocessor
• the pic preprocessor

In the following sections, italics are used for values that you supply. Optional arguments to requests or macros are enclosed in brackets.

▪   nroff/troff Command-Line Syntax   ▪

nroff [options] [files]

-c name	Prepend /usr/lib/macros/cmp.n. [dt] .name to files (old versions of nroff only).
-e	Space words equally on the line instead of in full multiples of the space character.
-h	Use tabs in large spaces.
-i	Read standard input after files are processed.
-k name	Compact macros and output to [dt].name (old versions of nroff only).
-m name	Prepend /usr/lib/tmac/tmac .name to files.
-n n	Number first page n.
-o list	Print only pages contained in list. Individual pages in list should be separated by commas; a page range is specified by n–m; n–indicates from page n to the end.
-q	Invoke simultaneous input/output of .rd requests.
-r an	Set register a to n.
-s n	Stop every n pages.
-T name	Output is for device type name. Values are shown in Table B-l. (Check your manual for other ...