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author | wlemb <wlemb> | 2002-01-06 12:34:08 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/ditroff.man b/man/ditroff.man index 0d58b89e..28e9433d 100644 --- a/man/ditroff.man +++ b/man/ditroff.man @@ -1,15 +1,18 @@ .ig ditroff.man +Last update: 4 Jan 2002 + This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system. -Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. written by Bernd Warken <bwarken@mayn.de> +maintained by Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the -Invariant Sections being this .ig-section and AUTHORS, with no +Invariant Sections being this .ig-section and AUTHOR, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the Free Documentation License is included as a file called @@ -22,6 +25,17 @@ FDL in the main directory of the groff source package. . .mso www.tmac . +.if n \{\ +. mso tty-char.tmac +. ftr CR R +. ftr CI I +. ftr CB B +.\} +. +.if '\*[.T]'dvi' \ +. ftr CB CW +. +. .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- .\" Title .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -30,6 +44,7 @@ FDL in the main directory of the groff source package. .SH NAME ditroff \- classical device independent roff . +. .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- .SH DESCRIPTION .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -39,6 +54,7 @@ The name once marked a development level of the .I troff text processing system. +. In actual .BR roff (@MAN7EXT@) systems, the name @@ -48,11 +64,12 @@ is used as a synonym for . .P The first roff system was written by Joe Osanna around 1973. +. It supported only two output devices, the .B nroff program produced text oriented tty output, while the .B troff -program generated graphical output for exactly one output device, the +program generated graphical output for exactly one output device, the Wang .I Graphic Systems CAT typesetter. . @@ -60,19 +77,22 @@ typesetter. In 1979, Brian Kernighan rewrote troff to support more devices by creating an intermediate output format for troff that can be fed into postprocessor programs which actually do the printout on the device. +. Kernighan's version marks what is known as .I classical troff today. +. In order to distinguish it from Osanna's original mono-device version, it was called .I ditroff -.RI ( d\/ evice\ i\/ ndependent\ troff ) +.RI ( d\/ evice\~ i\/ ndependent\~ troff\/ ) on some systems, though this naming isn't mentioned in the classical documentation. . .P Today, any existing roff system is based on Kernighan's multi-device troff. +. The distinction between .I troff and @@ -81,6 +101,7 @@ isn't necessary any longer, for each modern .I troff provides already the complete functionality of .IR ditroff . +. On most systems, the name .I troff is used to denote @@ -95,61 +116,65 @@ program is a wrapper around .I (di)troff that automatically handles postprocessing. . +. .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "SEE ALSO" .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- . .TP +.I [CSTR\~#54] +The 1992 revision of the +.I Nroff/Troff User's Manual +by +.I J. F. Osanna +and +.IR "Brian Kernighan" , +see +.br +.URL "Bell Labs CSTR\~#54" \ +http://\:cm.bell-labs.com/\:cm/\:cs/\:cstr/\:54.ps.gz . +. +.TP +.I [CSTR\~#97] +.I A Typesetter-independent TROFF +by +.I Brian Kernighan +is the original documentation of the first multi-device troff +.RI ( ditroff\/ ), +see +.br +.URL "Bell Labs CSTR\~#97" \ +http://\:cm.bell-labs.com/\:cm/\:cs/\:cstr/\:97.ps.gz . +. +.TP .BR roff (@MAN7EXT@) -This document gives details on the history and concepts of roff and the -groff extensions. +This document gives details on the history and concepts of roff. . .TP -.BR troff (@MAN1EXT@) +.BR @g@troff (@MAN1EXT@) The actual implementation of .IR ditroff . . .TP .BR groff (@MAN1EXT@) -The GNU roff program. +The GNU roff program and pointers to all documentation around groff. . .TP .BR groff_out (@MAN5EXT@) The groff version of the intermediate output language, the basis for multi-devicing. . -.TP -.I [CSTR #97] -.IR "A Typesetter-independent TROFF\/" , -written by -.IR "Brian Kernighan" . -This is the original documentation of the first multi-device troff -.IR (ditroff) . -See -.URL "Bell Labs CSTR #97" \ -http://\:cm.bell-labs.com/\:cm/\:cs/\:cstr/\:97.ps.gz . -. -.TP -.I [CSTR #54] -The 1992 revision of the -.I Nroff/Troff User's Manual -by -.I J. F. Osanna -and -.IR "Brian Kernighan" ; -see -.URL "Bell Labs CSTR #54" \ -http://\:cm.bell-labs.com/\:cm/\:cs/\:cstr/\:54.ps.gz . . .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- -.SH "AUTHORS" +.SH "AUTHOR" .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- . -Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. . .P This document is distributed under the terms of the FDL (GNU Free Documentation License) version 1.1 or later. +. You should have received a copy of the FDL on your system, it is also available on-line at the .URL "GNU copyleft site" http://\:www.gnu.org/\:copyleft/\:fdl.html . @@ -159,7 +184,13 @@ This document is part of .IR groff , the GNU roff distribution. . -..\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- +It was written by +.URL "Bernd Warken" mailto:bwarken@mayn.de +and is maintained by +.URL "Werner Lemberg" mailto:wl@gnu.org . +. +. +.\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- .\" Emacs settings .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- .\" |