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Contents of README:README The `groffer' program is the easiest way to read documents written in some `roff' language, such as the `man pages', the manual pages in many operating systems. Input Input comes from either standard input or command line parameters that represent names of exisiting roff files or standardized specifications for searching man pages. All of these can be compressed in a format that is decompressible by `gzip', including `.gz', `bz2', and `.Z'. `groffer' has many built-in `man' functionalities to find and read the manual pages on UNIX and similar operating systems. It accepts the information from an installed `man' program, but tries to find a man path by itself. `groffer' bundles all filespec parameters into a single output file in the same way as `groff'. The disadvantage of this is that all file name arguments must use the same groff language. To change this, the option parsing must be revised for large parts. It seems that this would create incompatibilities, so the actual option strategy is kept. Output All input is first sent to `grog' to determine the necessary `groff' options and then to `groff'. So no special `groff' arguments must be given. But all `groff' options can be specified when this seems to be appropriate. The following displaying modes for the output are available: - Display formatted input with -- the X `roff' viewer `gxditview', -- a Postcript viewer, -- a PDF viewer, -- a DVI viewer, -- a web browser, -- a pager in a text terminal (tty). - Generate `groff' output on stdout without a viewer. - Generate the `groff intermediate output' on standard output without postprocessing. - Output the source code without any `groff' processing. - There are some information outputs without `groff' processing, such as by option `-V' and the `man' like `whatis' and `apropos' outputs. By default, the program tries to display with `gxditview' as graphical device in X; on non-X text terminals, the `tty' text mode with a pager is tried by default. Compatibility `groffer' consists of two shell scripts. It should run on any POSIX or Bourne style shell that supports shell functions. See file `README_SH' for more information. Mailing lists For reporting bugs of `groffer', groff's free mailing list <bug-groff@gnu.org> can be used. For a general discussion, the mailing list <groff@gnu.org> is more useful, but one has to subscribe to this list at http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff. See the `README' file in the top directory of the `groff' source package for more details on these mailing lists. ####### License Last update: 2 August 2005 Copyright (C) 2003,2004,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Written by Bernd Warken This file is part of `groffer', which is part of `groff'. `groff' is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. `groff' is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with `groff'; see the files COPYING and LICENSE in the top directory of the `groff' source. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. ####### Emacs settings Local Variables: mode: text End: |
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