From bdc08c1c6419be50edb433c4425481bdabf8a5ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Hymers Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:15:46 +0000 Subject: [Bug 190] reorganise and sync descriptions git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1549 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/groff-desc.xml | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-) (limited to 'appendixa/groff-desc.xml') diff --git a/appendixa/groff-desc.xml b/appendixa/groff-desc.xml index 4a43db9c0..7c4a24b7b 100644 --- a/appendixa/groff-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/groff-desc.xml @@ -1,116 +1,122 @@ - -Contents +Contents of groff-&groff-contversion; -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. +Program Files +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 - - -Description +Descriptions -addftinfo +addftinfo addftinfo reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric -information that is used by the groff system. +information that is used by the groff system. -afmtodit -afmtodit creates a font file for use with groff and grops. +afmtodit +afmtodit creates a font file for use with groff and grops. -eqn +eqn eqn compiles descriptions of equations embedded within troff input files -into commands that are understood by troff. +into commands that are understood by troff. + +grn +grn is a groff preprocessor for gremlin files. -grodvi -grodvi is a driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format. +grodvi +grodvi is a driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format. -groff +groff 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. +device. -grog +grog 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. +command including those options on the standard output. -grohtml -grohtml translates the output of GNU troff to html +grolbp +grolbp is a groff driver for Canon CAPSL printers (LBP-4 and LBP-8 +series laser printers). -grolj4 +grolj4 grolj4 is a driver for groff that produces output in PCL5 format suitable -for an HP Laserjet 4 printer. +for an HP Laserjet 4 printer. -grops -grops translates the output of GNU troff to Postscript. +grops +grops translates the output of GNU troff to Postscript. -grotty +grotty grotty translates the output of GNU troff into a form suitable for -typewriter-like devices. +typewriter-like devices. -hpftodit +hpftodit hpftodit creates a font file for use with groff -Tlj4 from an HP -tagged font metric file. +tagged font metric file. -indxbib +indxbib indxbib makes an inverted index for the bibliographic databases a -specified file for use with refer, lookbib, and lkbib. +specified file for use with refer, lookbib, and lkbib. -lkbib +lkbib lkbib searches bibliographic databases for references that contain specified keys and prints any references found on the -standard output. +standard output. -lookbib +lookbib 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. +standard output, and repeats this process until the end of input. -neqn -The neqn script formats equations for ascii output. +mmroff +mmroff is a simple preprocessor for groff. -nroff -The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff. +neqn +The neqn script formats equations for ascii output. -pfbtops +nroff +The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff. + +pfbtops pfbtops translates a Postscript font in .pfb format -to ASCII. +to ASCII. -pic +pic pic compiles descriptions of pictures embedded within troff or TeX input -files into commands that are understood by TeX or troff. +files into commands that are understood by TeX or troff. -psbb -psbb reads a file which should be a Postscript document conforming to the -Document Structuring conventions and looks for a -%%BoundingBox comment. +pre-grohtml and post-grohtml +pre- and post-grohtml translate the output of GNU troff +to html. -refer +refer 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. +processed. -soelim +soelim soelim reads files and replaces lines of the form .so file by the contents of -file. +file. -tbl +tbl tbl compiles descriptions of tables embedded within troff input files -into commands that are understood by troff. +into commands that are understood by troff. -tfmtodit +tfmtodit tfmtodit creates a font file for use with groff --Tdvi +-Tdvi -troff +troff 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. +options. + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf