"Groff (GNU troff) is a typesetting system that reads plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted output. Output may be PostScript or PDF, html, or ASCII/UTF-8 for display at the terminal. Present on most Unix systems owing to its long association with Unix manuals (manpages), groff is capable of producing typographically sophisticated documents while consuming only minimal system resources." -- from GNU
(link: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/)
Feel free to ask questions about the roff family and its many macros! Interested in learning more? Type man groff or info groff into your terminal to read the documentation. A good macro to start with is the ms macro!
Note: you may have to install groff using your package manager for its full capabilities, as many GNU+Linux distributions only ship with the base package used in manpages.
Related lemmys:
Icon: John A Prior Health Sciences Library Mural Typesetter
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roff typesetting: groff, troff, etc. @lemmy.ml emmanuelw @jlai.lu www.stephenlindholm.com Groff MacrosA brief explanation of how to choose which macro package to use with the Unix typesetting system <i>troff</i> (or <i>groff</i>).
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roff typesetting: groff, troff, etc. @lemmy.ml Oliver Lowe @lemmy.sdf.org Pikchr: A pic-inspired markup language for diagrams in web documents
The design goal of Pikchr is to enable embedded line diagrams in Markdown or other simple markup languages.
Cool project. Created by the same group as SQLite. The scripting language is based on pic(1) but outputs SVG instead of troff.
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roff typesetting: groff, troff, etc. @lemmy.ml Amicese @lemmy.ml Should I use a troff format for a README?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/385646
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roff typesetting: groff, troff, etc. @lemmy.ml erpicht @lemmy.ml "How to format academic papers on Linux with groff -me" by Jim Hall
opensource.com How to format academic papers on Linux with groff -meLearn simple macros to add footnotes, blockquotes, lists, subheads, and other formatting for your class papers.
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groffwith the-memacro set. It is tailored towards anyone just looking for a quick start and even comes with some sample files at the end. -
roff typesetting: groff, troff, etc. @lemmy.ml erpicht @lemmy.ml Community Poll: What do you use *roff for?
As stated above, I am curious to know how groff fits into people's lives. Do you write manpages, only take notes with it, prefer it to LaTeX andor ConTeXt for text formatting, or something else entirely? Which macros do you use, if any? Let me know!
As for me, I encountered groff after already learning LaTeX, but I instantly appreciated its concise commands and began using it to take biology notes with the simple
-memacro. I'm slowly expanding my usage to encompass math and graphing witheqnandgrap, respectively. My needs are not always met by-meas of late, so a macro switch is in order. GNU seems most inclined to continue work on-mom, so I'll likely switch over to that soon enough. -
roff typesetting: groff, troff, etc. @lemmy.ml erpicht @lemmy.ml Groff for Windows 10 (plus more!)
sourceforge.net ezwinports - Browse Files at SourceForge.netPorts of Unix and GNU software to MS-Windows
Are you a downtrodden Linux user, forced to use Windows 10 despite your wishes? Do you long to typeset with the simple and powerful groff but aren't sure if it is possible on Windows?
Fortunately for the typesetting inclined, it is possible to use the magnificent groff on Windows as well! I decided to highlight this project in particular, because it allows one to use groff on Windows 10 in a most similar manner as on a linuxbox. The notable (improvement?) that this port of groff makes is automatically assuming
pdfoutput, aspsfiles aren't supported out-of-the-box on Windows 10. Most importantly, the usual macros are supported as well! I don't use-mom, but-msand-meseem to work flawlessly so far. The graphing packagegrapis offered too! Be sure to put the binaries in your path so they're accessible fromcmd.exe. Coupled with vim and the ezwinports' manpages, the environment hardly feels like Windows 10 at all, which is a good thing, from my perspective.Th