GROTTY
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Updated: 31 May 1990
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NAME
grotty - groff driver for typewriter-like devices
SYNOPSIS
grotty
[
-hfbuoBUv
] [
-Fdir
] [
files...
]
DESCRIPTION
grotty
translates the output of
gtroff
into a form suitable for typewriter-like devices.
Normally
grotty
should invoked by using the groff command
with a
-Tascii
or
-Tlatin1
option.
If no files are given,
grotty
will read the standard input.
A filename of
-
will also cause
grotty
to read the standard input.
Output is written to the standard output.
Normally
grotty
prints a bold character
c
using the sequence
`c
BACKSPACE
c'
and a italic character
c
by the sequence
`_
BACKSPACE
c'.
These sequences can be displayed on a terminal
by piping through
ul(1).
Pagers such as
more(1)
or
less(1)
are also able to display these sequences.
Use either
-B
or
-U
when piping into
less(1);
use
-b
when piping into
more(1).
There is no need to filter the output through
col(1)
since
grotty
never outputs reverse line feeds.
The font description file may contain a command
-
internalname n
where
n
is a decimal integer.
If the 01 bit in
n
is set,
then the font will be treated as an italic font;
if the 02 bit is set,
then it will be treated as a bold font.
The code field in the font description field gives the
code which will be used to output the character.
This code can also be used in the
\N
escape sequence in
gtroff.
OPTIONS
- -Fdir
-
Search the directory
dir/devname
for font and device description files;
name
is the name of the device, usually
ascii
or
latin1.
- -h
-
Use horizontal tabs in the output.
Tabs are assumed to be set every 8 columns.
- -f
-
Use form feeds in the output.
A form feed will be output at the end of each page that has no output
on its last line.
- -b
-
Suppress the use of overstriking for bold characters.
- -u
-
Suppress the use of underlining for italic characters.
- -B
-
Use only overstriking for bold, italic characters.
- -U
-
Use only underlining for bold, italic characters.
- -o
-
Suppress overstriking (other than for bold or underlined characters).
- -v
-
Print the version number.
FILES
- @FONTDIR@/devascii/DESC
-
Device desciption file for
ascii
device.
- @FONTDIR@/devascii/ F
-
Font description file for font
F
of
ascii device.
- @FONTDIR@/devlatin1/DESC
-
Device desciption file for
latin1
device.
- @FONTDIR@/devlatin1/ F
-
Font description file for font
F
of
latin1 device.
- @MACRODIR@/tmac.tty
-
Macros for use with
grotty.
BUGS
grotty
is intended only for simple documents.
There is no support for fractional horizontal or vertical motions.
There is no pic support.
Characters above the first line (ie with a vertical position of 0)
cannot be printed.
SEE ALSO
groff(@MAN1EXT@),
gtroff(@MAN1EXT@),
groff_out(@MAN5EXT@),
groff_font(@MAN5EXT@),
ul(1),
more(1),
less(1)
Groff Character Names
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
-
- FILES
-
- BUGS
-
- SEE ALSO
-
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