NAME
nroff - text formatting

SYNOPSIS
nroff [ option ] ... [ file ] ...

DESCRIPTION
Nroff formats text in the named files for typewriter-like devices.
See also troff(1). The full capabilities of nroff are described in
the Nroff/Troff User’s Manual (see MachTen Text Processing manual).

If no file argument is present, the standard input is read. An
argument consisting of a single minus (-) is taken to be a file
name corresponding to the standard input.

The options, which may appear in any order so long as they appear
before the files, are:

-olist Print only pages whose page numbers appear in the comma-
separated list of numbers and ranges. A range N-M means
pages N through M; an initial -N means from the beginning to
page N; and a final N- means from N to the end.

-nN Number first generated page N.

-sN Stop every N pages. Nroff will halt prior to every N pages
(default N=1) to allow paper loading or changing, and will
resume upon receipt of a newline.

-mname Prepend the macro file /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.name to the input
files.

-raN Set register a (one-character) to N.

-i Read standard input after the input files are exhausted.

-q Invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the rd request.

-Tname Prepare output for specified terminal. Known names are:

37 for the Teletype Corporation Model 37 terminal,

crt the default; linked to lpr and tn300, for the GE TermiNet
300 (or any terminal without reverse-line or half-line
capability),

300 for the DTC 300,

302 for the DTC 302S and the DTC 300S,

382 for the DTC 382,

450 for the DTC 450 and the IPSI 1622,

833 for the AJ 832/833,

epson
for the Epson FX80,

itoh for the C:ITOH Prowriter

nec for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Courier-
72/Manifold thimble,

nec-t
for the NEC-55?0/77?0 Spinwriter, with the Tech-
Math/Times-Roman thimble,

nec25-t
for the NEC-5525/7725 Spinwriter, with the Tech-
Math/Times-Roman thimble,

qume for the Qume Sprint 5 or 9,

x-ecs
for the Xerox/Diablo 1730/630, extended character set,

xerox
for the Xerox 17?0 or the Diablo 16?0.

Most of these also have versions for 12 pitch; see
/usr/lib/term/README for more information.

-e Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines, using full
terminal resolution.

-h Use output tabs during horizontal spacing to speed output and
reduce output character count. Tab settings are assumed to be
every 8 nominal character widths.

FILES
/tmp/ta* temporary file
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* standard macro files
/usr/lib/term/* terminal driving tables for nroff

SEE ALSO
J. F. Ossanna, "Nroff/Troff User’s Manual" (see MachTen Text
Processing manual)
B. W. Kernighan, "A TROFF Tutorial" (see MachTen Text Processing
manual)
troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), ms(7), me(7), man(7), col(1)