10.44. Groff-1.19.2

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# 10.44. Groff-1.19.2

The Groff package contains programs for processing and formatting text.

## 10.44.1. Installation of Groff

Groff expects the environment variable `PAGE` to contain the default paper size. For users in the United States, `PAGE=letter` is appropriate. Elsewhere, `PAGE=A4` may be more suitable.

Prepare Groff for compilation:

    PAGE=[paper_size] CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" \
       CXX="g++ ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64

Compile the package:

    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

    make install

Some documentation programs, such as xman, will not work properly without the following symlinks:

    ln -sv soelim /usr/bin/zsoelim
    ln -sv eqn /usr/bin/geqn
    ln -sv tbl /usr/bin/gtbl

## 10.44.2. Contents of Groff

Installed programs: addftinfo, afmtodit, eqn, eqn2graph, gdiffmk, geqn (link to eqn), grap2graph, grn, grodvi, groff, groffer, grog, grolbp, grolj4, grops, grotty, gtbl (link to tbl), hpftodit, indxbib, lkbib, lookbib, mmroff, neqn, nroff, pdfroff, pfbtops, pic, pic2graph, post-grohtml, pre-grohtml, refer, soelim, tbl, tfmtodit, troff, and zsoelim (link to soelim)

### Short Descriptions

addftinfo | Reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric information that is used by the groff system
afmtodit | Creates a font file for use with groff and grops
eqn | Compiles descriptions of equations embedded within troff input files into commands that are understood by troff
eqn2graph | Converts a troff EQN (equation) into a cropped image
gdiffmk | Marks differences between groff/nroff/troff files
geqn | A link to eqn
grap2graph | Converts a grap diagram into a cropped bitmap image
grn | A groff preprocessor for gremlin files
grodvi | A driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format
groff | A front-end to the groff document formatting system; normally, it runs the troff program and a post-processor appropriate for the selected device
groffer | Displays groff files and man pages on X and tty terminals
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 reports the groff command including those options
grolbp | Is a groff driver for Canon CAPSL printers (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers)
grolj4 | Is a driver for groff that produces output in PCL5 format suitable for an HP LaserJet 4 printer
grops | Translates the output of GNU troff to PostScript
grotty | Translates the output of GNU troff into a form suitable for typewriter-like devices
gtbl | A link to tbl
hpftodit | Creates a font file for use with groff -Tlj4 from an HP-tagged font metric file
indxbib | Creates an inverted index for the bibliographic databases with a specified file for use with refer, lookbib, and lkbib
lkbib | Searches bibliographic databases for references that contain specified keys and reports any references found
lookbib | Prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input is not a terminal), reads a line containing a set of keywords from the standard input, 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
mmroff | A simple preprocessor for groff
neqn | Formats equations for American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) output
nroff | A script that emulates the nroff command using groff
pdfroff | Creates pdf documents using groff
pfbtops | Translates a PostScript font in `.pfb` format to ASCII
pic | Compiles descriptions of pictures embedded within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or troff
pic2graph | Converts a PIC diagram into a cropped image
post-grohtml | Translates the output of GNU troff to HTML
pre-grohtml | Translates the output of GNU troff to HTML
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 for how citations are to be processed
soelim | Reads files and replaces lines of the form .so file by the contents of the mentioned file
tbl | Compiles descriptions of tables embedded within troff input files into commands that are understood by troff
tfmtodit | Creates a font file for use with groff -Tdvi
troff | Is highly compatible with Unix troff; it should usually be invoked using the groff command, which will also run preprocessors and post-processors in the appropriate order and with the appropriate options
zsoelim | A link to soelim

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