8.63. Groff-1.24.1

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# 8.63. Groff-1.24.1

The Groff package contains programs for processing and formatting text and images.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU
Required disk space: 108 MB

## 8.63.1. 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. While the default paper size is configured during compilation, it can be overridden later by echoing either “A4” or “letter” to the `/etc/papersize` file.

Prepare Groff for compilation:

    PAGE=<paper_size> ./configure --prefix=/usr

Build the package:

    make -j1

To test the results, issue:

    make check

One test, neqn-smoke-test.sh, is known to fail.

Install the package:

    make install

## 8.63.2. Contents of Groff

Installed programs: addftinfo, afmtodit, chem, eqn, eqn2graph, gdiffmk, glilypond, gperl, gpinyin, grap2graph, grn, grodvi, groff, groffer, grog, grolbp, grolj4, gropdf, grops, grotty, hpftodit, indxbib, lkbib, lookbib, mmroff, neqn, nroff, pdfmom, pdfroff, pfbtops, pic, pic2graph, post-grohtml, preconv, pre-grohtml, refer, roff2dvi, roff2html, roff2pdf, roff2ps, roff2text, roff2x, soelim, tbl, tfmtodit, and troff
Installed directories: /usr/lib/groff and /usr/share/doc/groff-1.24.1, /usr/share/groff

### 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
chem | Groff preprocessor for producing chemical structure diagrams
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
glilypond | Transforms sheet music written in the lilypond language into the groff language
gperl | Preprocessor for groff, allowing the insertion of perl code into groff files
gpinyin | Preprocessor for groff, allowing the insertion of Pinyin (Mandarin Chinese spelled with the Roman alphabet) into groff files.
grap2graph | Converts a grap program file into a cropped bitmap image (grap is an old Unix programming language for creating diagrams)
grn | A groff preprocessor for gremlin files
grodvi | A driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format output files
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
gropdf | Translates the output of GNU troff to PDF
grops | Translates the output of GNU troff to PostScript
grotty | Translates the output of GNU troff into a form suitable for typewriter-like devices
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
pdfmom | Is a wrapper around groff that facilitates the production of PDF documents from files formatted with the mom macros.
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
preconv | Converts encoding of input files to something GNU troff understands
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
roff2dvi | Transforms roff files into DVI format
roff2html | Transforms roff files into HTML format
roff2pdf | Transforms roff files into PDFs
roff2ps | Transforms roff files into ps files
roff2text | Transforms roff files into text files
roff2x | Transforms roff files into other formats
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

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