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author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
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committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
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diff --git a/appendixa/groff-desc.xml b/appendixa/groff-desc.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..21629cfe5 --- /dev/null +++ b/appendixa/groff-desc.xml @@ -0,0 +1,234 @@ +<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> + |