NAME
nroff - emulate nroff command with groff
SYNOPSIS
nroff [ -h ] [ -i ] [ -m name ]
[ -n num ] [ -o list ] [ -p ] [
-r cn ] [ -S ] [ -t ] [ -T
name ] [ -U ] [ -v ]
[ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
The nroff script emulates the
nroff command using groff. Only ascii, ascii8,
latin1, utf8, nippon, and cp1047 are
valid arguments for the -T option. If an invalid or no
-T option is given, nroff checks the current locale
to select a default output device. It first tries the locale
program, then the environment variables LC_ALL,
LC_CTYPE, and LANG, and finally the
LESSCHARSET environment variable.
The -h and -c options are equivalent to
grotty's options -h (using tabs in the output) and
-c (using the old output scheme instead of SGR escape
sequences). The -C, -i, -n, -m,
-o, and -r options have the effect described in
troff(1).
In addition, nroff silently ignores the options -e,
-q, and -s (which are not implemented in
troff). Options -p (pic), -t (tbl), -S
(safer), and -U (unsafe) are passed to groff.
-v shows the version number.
ENVIRONMENT
- GROFF_BIN_PATH
- A colon separated list of directories in which to search for
the groff executable before searching in PATH. If unset,
`/usr/bin' is used.
NOTES
This shell script is basically intended for use with
man(1), so
warnings are suppressed. nroff-style character definitions (in the
file tty-char.tmac) are also loaded to emulate unrepresentable
glyphs.
SEE ALSO
groff(1),
troff(1),
grotty(1)