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@@ -1189,7 +1189,15 @@ Unsafe mode. Reverts to the old unsafe behaviour.
@vindex .A
Generate an @acronym{ASCII} approximation of the typeset output. The
read-only register @code{.A} is then set to@w{ }1. @xref{Built-in
-Registers}.
+Registers}. A typical example is
+
+@example
+groff -a -man -Tdvi troff.man | less
+@end example
+
+which shows how lines are broken for the DVI device. Note that this
+option is rather useless today since graphic output devices are
+available virtually everywhere.
@item -b
Print a backtrace with each warning or error message. This backtrace
@@ -1285,6 +1293,8 @@ If this is set to @var{X}, then @code{groff} will run
@code{soelim}. It does not apply to @code{grops}, @code{grodvi},
@code{grotty}, @code{grohtml}, @code{grolj4}, and @code{gxditview}.
+@c XXX document default values
+
@item GROFF_TMAC_PATH
@tindex GROFF_TMAC_PATH, environment variable
A colon-separated list of directories in which to search for macro
@@ -1299,8 +1309,8 @@ The default output device.
A colon-separated list of directories in which to search for the
@code{dev}@var{name} directory.
-@item PATH
-@tindex PATH, environment variable
+@item GROFF_BIN_PATH
+@tindex GROFF_BIN_PATH, environment variable
The search path for commands executed by @code{groff}.
@item GROFF_TMPDIR
@@ -6333,7 +6343,7 @@ name.
This would be called as
@example
-.vl $Id: groff.texinfo,v 1.46 2000/10/14 14:53:59 wlemb Exp $
+.vl $Id: groff.texinfo,v 1.47 2000/10/22 19:30:17 wlemb Exp $
@end example
@xref{Request Arguments}.