Using troff
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#Troff formats text for printing or display. The troff language is
#not usually used directly but through some intermediary. Commonly
#this involves embedding the tags defined by the ms(6) macros into
#your text document.
#
#For example,
#
#! troff -ms file
#
#would output your text file with ms(6) macros as PostScript. Another
#commonly used set of macros are for typesetting man(6) pages. To
#view a typeset version of a manpage:
#
#! troff -man /sys/man/4/factotum | page
#
#RELATED TOOLS
#
#Various tools can be used in conjunction with troff to form a
#toolset for word-processing, publishing, or as the back-end of such
#an application.
#
# *	proof(1), page(1) - takes a troff file and displays an
#	approximation of the page on the screen
# *	dpost(1) - converts troff output to postscript
# *	lp(1) - for printer output
# *	spell(1) - for spell-checking
# *	deroff(1), doctype(1) - for plain text output
# *	troff2html(1) - for HTML output
# *	tbl(1) - for formatting tables
# *	eqn(1) - for typesetting mathematics (e.g. equations)
# *	pic(1) - for drawing figures
# *	grap(1) - for drawing graphs
# *	ms(6) - macros for formatting manuscripts
# *	mpictures(6) - picture inclusion macros
# *	man(6) - macros for Plan 9 manpages
# *	html2ms(1), ms2html(1) - for converting between HTML and ms(6)
#	macros
# *	fortune(1) - for generating editorial content
# *	doc2txt(1) - for extracting printable strings from Word documents
#
#REFERENCES
#
# *	[A TROFF Tutorial |
#	http://www.kohala.com/start/troff/v7man/trofftut/trofftut.ps] - A
#	tutorial for new users (in PostScript format).
# *	[Troff User's Manual |
#	http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/troff.html] - A user manual
#	covering the Plan 9 edition of troff.
# *	troff(1) - The man page.
# *	[troff.org | http://troff.org] - A website devoted to troff.
# *	[Publications that use troff | http://troff.org/pubs.html] -
#	troff works.
#