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6.59.2. 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-1.22.4, /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 Preprocesor for groff, allowing addition of perl code into groff files
gpinyin Preprocesor for groff, allowing addition of Chinese European-like language Pinyin into groff files.
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
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