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author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-11-06 04:38:01 -0600 |
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committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-11-11 16:06:14 -0600 |
commit | b93e1e0f04083e6b4bf30cf16dd60365b4676700 (patch) | |
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download | groff-git-b93e1e0f04083e6b4bf30cf16dd60365b4676700.tar.gz |
ANNOUNCE: Sync groff description w/ its home page.
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@@ -8,18 +8,19 @@ alpha FTP site. You may download the distribution archive from there. What is groff? ============== -Groff (GNU roff) is a typesetting system that reads plain text input +groff (GNU roff) is a typesetting system that reads plain text input files that include formatting commands to produce output in PostScript, PDF, HTML, or DVI formats or for display to a terminal. Formatting commands can be low-level typesetting primitives or macros from a -supplied set. Users may also write their own macros. All three may be -combined. - -Present on most Unix systems owing to its long association with Unix -manuals (including man pages), and notable for its use in the production -of several best-selling software engineering texts, groff is capable of -producing typographically sophisticated documents while consuming -minimal system resources. +supplied package. Users may also write their own macros. All three +approaches can be combined. + +A reimplementation and extension of the typesetter from AT&T Unix, groff +is present on most POSIX systems owing to its long association with Unix +manuals (including man pages). It and its predecessor are notable for +their production of several best-selling software engineering texts. +groff is capable of producing typographically sophisticated documents +while consuming minimal system resources. https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/ |