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authorMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-02-06 23:15:46 +0000
committerMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-02-06 23:15:46 +0000
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-<sect2>
-<title>Contents</title>
+<sect2><title>Contents of groff-&groff-contversion;</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>
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>addftinfo, afmtodit, eqn, grn, grodvi, groff, grog, grolbp, grolj4,
+grops, grotty, hpftodit, indxbib, lkbib, lookbib, mmroff, neqn, nroff,
+pfbtops, pic, post-grohtml, pre-grohtml, refer, soelim, tbl,
+tfmtodit and troff</para></sect3>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2><title>Description</title>
+<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
-<sect3><title>addftinfo</title>
+<sect4><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>
+information that is used by the groff system.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>afmtodit</title>
-<para>afmtodit creates a font file for use with groff and grops.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>afmtodit</title>
+<para>afmtodit creates a font file for use with groff and grops.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>eqn</title>
+<sect4><title>eqn</title>
<para>eqn compiles descriptions of equations embedded within troff input files
-into commands that are understood by troff.</para></sect3>
+into commands that are understood by troff.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>grn</title>
+<para>grn is a groff preprocessor for gremlin files.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>grodvi</title>
-<para>grodvi is a driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>grodvi</title>
+<para>grodvi is a driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>groff</title>
+<sect4><title>groff</title>
<para>groff is a front-end to the groff document formatting system. Normally it
runs the troff program and a post-processor appropriate for the selected
-device.</para></sect3>
+device.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>grog</title>
+<sect4><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>
+command including those options on the standard output.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>grohtml</title>
-<para>grohtml translates the output of GNU troff to html</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>grolbp</title>
+<para>grolbp is a groff driver for Canon CAPSL printers (LBP-4 and LBP-8
+series laser printers).</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>grolj4</title>
+<sect4><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>
+for an HP Laserjet 4 printer.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>grops</title>
-<para>grops translates the output of GNU troff to Postscript.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>grops</title>
+<para>grops translates the output of GNU troff to Postscript.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>grotty</title>
+<sect4><title>grotty</title>
<para>grotty translates the output of GNU troff into a form suitable for
-typewriter-like devices.</para></sect3>
+typewriter-like devices.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>hpftodit</title>
+<sect4><title>hpftodit</title>
<para>hpftodit creates a font file for use with groff -Tlj4 from an HP
-tagged font metric file.</para></sect3>
+tagged font metric file.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>indxbib</title>
+<sect4><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>
+specified file for use with refer, lookbib, and lkbib.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>lkbib</title>
+<sect4><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>
+standard output.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>lookbib</title>
+<sect4><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>
+standard output, and repeats this process until the end of input.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>neqn</title>
-<para>The neqn script formats equations for ascii output.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>mmroff</title>
+<para>mmroff is a simple preprocessor for groff.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>nroff</title>
-<para>The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff.</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>neqn</title>
+<para>The neqn script formats equations for ascii output.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>pfbtops</title>
+<sect4><title>nroff</title>
+<para>The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>pfbtops</title>
<para>pfbtops translates a Postscript font in .pfb format
-to ASCII.</para></sect3>
+to ASCII.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>pic</title>
+<sect4><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>
+files into commands that are understood by TeX or troff.</para></sect4>
-<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>
+<sect4><title>pre-grohtml and post-grohtml</title>
+<para>pre- and post-grohtml translate the output of GNU troff
+to html.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>refer</title>
+<sect4><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>
+processed.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>soelim</title>
+<sect4><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>
+<emphasis>file</emphasis>.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>tbl</title>
+<sect4><title>tbl</title>
<para>tbl compiles descriptions of tables embedded within troff input files
-into commands that are understood by troff.</para></sect3>
+into commands that are understood by troff.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>tfmtodit</title>
+<sect4><title>tfmtodit</title>
<para>tfmtodit creates a font file for use with <userinput>groff
--Tdvi</userinput></para></sect3>
+-Tdvi</userinput></para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>troff</title>
+<sect4><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
post-processors in the appropriate order and with the appropriate
-options.</para></sect3>
+options.</para></sect4>
+
+</sect3>
</sect2>