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Home of Groff (GNU Troff).
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GNU Troff
.URL (Groff) http://groff.ffii.org/
\(em a
.URL GNU http://www.gnu.org/
project.
Hosted by
.URL FFII http://ffii.org/ .
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Groff (GNU Troff) is a document processor which reads plain text mixed with
formatting commands and produces formatted output.
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Groff now supports HTML for the Web.
Please see
.URL "Groff Web Tips" "#Web Tips" .
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.SH
Download
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.URL Germany "ftp://groff.ffii.org/pub/groff/"
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.URL USA "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/"
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.URL License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
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.URL "Mailing list" http://ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/groff/
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.URL "Groff for Windows" "http://www.cs.vu.nl/~tmgil/misc/wingroff.html"
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User issues lead:
.MAILTO Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk "Ted Harding"
.br
Technical issues lead:
.MAILTO wl@gnu.org "Werner Lemberg"
.SH
README
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This is the GNU groff document formatting system.
The version number is given in the file VERSION.
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Included in this release are implementations of troff, pic, eqn, tbl, refer,
the -man macros and the -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript, TeX dvi
format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, HTML format (still alpha), and
typewriter-like devices.
Also included is a modified version of the Berkeley -me macros, an enhanced
version of the X11 xditview previewer, and an implementation of the -mm
macros contributed by
.MAILTO jh@axis.se "J\(:orgen H\(:agg" .
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See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
You will require a C++ compiler.
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The file NEWS describes recent user-visible changes to groff.
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Groff is free software.
See the file COPYING for copying permission.
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The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been encountered in
compiling, installing, and running groff.
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For the moment, the documentation assumes that you are already familiar with
the Unix versions of troff, -man, -ms and the preprocessors.
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The most recent released version of groff is always available by anonymous
ftp from ftp.gnu.org in the directory pub/gnu/groff.
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A CVS repository is now available, containing the current development
version of groff.
You can access it with the commands:
.sp
.RS
.nf
\fC
export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.ffii.org:/var/cvs
cvs login
cvs -z9 co groff
\fR
.fi
.RE
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(if the prompt for the password appears, just press the enter key).
After a successful login you no longer need the first two commands; an
update of a checked out repository should be done with:
.sp
.RS
\fC
cvs -z9 update -dP
\fR
.RE
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Please read the info pages of cvs for further details.
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Alternatively, you can download snapshots (which are updated twice a day)
from
.URL here ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-current.tar.gz
or a diff file relative to the latest official groff release as:
.sp
.RS
\fC
ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-[version]-current.diff.gz
\fR
.RE
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Please report bugs using the form in the file BUG-REPORT; the idea of this
is to make sure that FSF has all the information it needs to fix the bug.
At the very least, read the BUG-REPORT form and make sure that you supply
all the information that it asks for.
Even if you are not sure that something is a bug, report it using
BUG-REPORT: this will enable us to determine whether it really is a bug or
not.
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Three mailing lists are available:
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.nf
\fC
bug-groff@gnu.org      for reporting bugs
groff@gnu.org          for general discussion of groff
groff-commit@ffii.org  a read-only list showing logs of
                       commitments to the CVS repository
\fR
.fi
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Note that groff@gnu.org is an alias for groff@ffii.org; you must be
subscribed to the `groff' and `groff-commit' lists to send mails.
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To subscribe, send e-mail to [list]-request@[domain] (example:
groff-request@ffii.org) with the word `subscribe' in either the
subject or body of the e-mail (don't include the quotes).
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GNU groff was written by
.MAILTO jjc@jclark.com "James Clark" .
It is now maintained by
.MAILTO Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk "Ted Harding"
and
.MAILTO wl@gnu.org "Werner Lemberg" .
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