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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>
+
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