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-<sect2>
-<title>Contents</title>
-
-<para>
-The Groff packages contains the addftinfo, afmtodit, eqn, grodvi, groff,
-grog, grohtml, grolj4, grops, grotty, hpftodit, indxbib, lkbib, lookbib,
-neqn, nroff, pfbtops, pic, psbb, refer, soelim, tbl, tfmtodit and troff
-programs.
-</para>
-
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2><title>Description</title>
-
-<sect3><title>addftinfo</title>
-
-<para>
-addftinfo reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric
-information that is used by the groff system.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>afmtodit</title>
-
-<para>
-afmtodit creates a font file for use with groff and grops.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>eqn</title>
-
-<para>
-eqn compiles descriptions of equations embedded within troff input files
-into commands that are understood by troff.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>grodvi</title>
-
-<para>
-grodvi is a driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>groff</title>
-
-<para>
-groff is a front-end to the groff document formatting system. Normally it
-runs the troff program and a postprocessor appropriate for the selected
-device.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>grog</title>
-
-<para>
-grog reads files and guesses which of the groff options -e, -man, -me, -mm,
--ms, -p, -s, and -t are required for printing files, and prints the groff
-command including those options on the standard output.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>grohtml</title>
-
-<para>
-grohtml translates the output of GNU troff to html
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>grolj4</title>
-
-<para>
-grolj4 is a driver for groff that produces output in PCL5 format suitable
-for an HP Laserjet 4 printer.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>grops</title>
-
-<para>
-grops translates the output of GNU troff to PostScript.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>grotty</title>
-
-<para>
-grotty translates the output of GNU troff into a form suitable for
-typewriter-like devices.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>hpftodit</title>
-
-<para>
-hpftodit creates a font file for use with groff -Tlj4 from an HP
-tagged font metric file.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>indxbib</title>
-
-<para>
-indxbib makes an inverted index for the bibliographic databases a
-specified file for use with refer, lookbib, and lkbib.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>lkbib</title>
-
-<para>
-lkbib searches bibliographic databases for references that contain
-specified keys and prints any references found on the standard output.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>lookbib</title>
-
-<para>
-lookbib prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input
-is not a terminal), reads from the standard input a line containing a set
-of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases in a specified file for
-references containing those keywords, prints any references found on the
-standard output, and repeats this process until the end of input.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>neqn</title>
-
-<para>
-It is currently not known what neqn is and what it does.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>nroff</title>
-
-<para>
-The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>pfbtops</title>
-
-<para>
-pfbtops translates a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>pic</title>
-
-<para>
-pic compiles descriptions of pictures embedded within troff or TeX input
-files into commands that are understood by TeX or troff.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>psbb</title>
-
-<para>
-psbb reads a file which should be a PostScript document conforming to the
-Document Structuring conventions and looks for a %%BoundingBox comment.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>refer</title>
-
-<para>
-refer copies the contents of a file to the standard output, except that
-lines between .[ and .] are interpreted as citations, and lines between .R1
-and .R2 are interpreted as commands about how citations are to be
-processed.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>soelim</title>
-
-<para>
-soelim reads files and replaces lines of the form
-<emphasis>.so file</emphasis> by the contents of
-<emphasis>file</emphasis>.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>tbl</title>
-
-<para>
-tbl compiles descriptions of tables embedded within troff input files
-into commands that are understood by troff.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>tfmtodit</title>
-
-<para>
-tfmtodit creates a font file for use with <userinput>groff
--Tdvi</userinput>
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>troff</title>
-
-<para>
-troff is highly compatible with Unix troff. Usually it should be invoked
-using the groff command, which will also run preprocessors and
-postprocessors in the appropriate order and with the appropriate options.
-</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-</sect2>
-