Package: groff (1.21-9)

[ Source: groff  ]

GNU troff text-formatting system

This package contains optional components of the GNU troff text-formatting system. The core package, groff-base, contains the traditional tools like troff, nroff, tbl, eqn, and pic. This package contains additional devices and drivers for output to DVI, HTML (when recommended packages are installed - see below), HP LaserJet printers, and Canon CAPSL LBP-4 and LBP-8 printers.

The X75, X75-12, X100, and X100-12 devices, which allow groff output to be conveniently viewed on an X display using the standard X11 fonts, are now included here. They were previously in a separate package, groff-x11.

Besides these, the groff package contains man pages describing the language and its macro sets, info documentation, and a number of supplementary programs:

 - gxditview, which is used to display the output of the X* devices, and
   can also be used to view PostScript output from groff;
 - grn, a preprocessor for pictures in the 'gremlin' format;
 - tfmtodit, which creates font files for use with 'groff -Tdvi';
 - hpftodit, which creates font files for use with 'groff -Tlj4';
 - afmtodit, which creates font files for use with 'groff -Tps';
 - refer, which preprocesses bibliographic references for use with groff;
 - indxbib, which creates inverted indices for bibliographic databases used
   by 'refer';
 - lkbib and lookbib, which search bibliographic databases;
 - addftinfo, which adds metric information to troff font files for use
   with groff;
 - pfbtops, which translates a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII for
   use with groff;
 - mmroff, a simple groff preprocessor which expands references in mm;
 - pic2graph, which converts PIC diagrams into cropped image files;
 - eqn2graph, which converts EQN equations into cropped image files.

All the standard macro packages are supported.

Some facilities only work if certain recommended packages are installed:

 - ghostscript, netpbm, psutils: required for HTML output;
 - imagemagick: required for the pic2graph and eqn2graph programs;
 - libpaper1: paper size detection in dvi, lbp, lj4, and ps devices (falls
   back to a4 if not installed).

Tags: Implemented in: C++, User Interface: Command Line, interface::text-mode, interface::x11, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Application Suite: suite::gnu, uitoolkit::athena, Purpose: Data Conversion, Printing, use::viewing, works-with-format::html, Supports Format: works-with-format::man, works-with-format::postscript, works-with-format::tex, works-with::font, Works with: Text, works-with::unicode, x11::application

Other Packages Related to groff

• dep: dpkg (>= 1.15.4)

  systém na správu balíkov Debianu

  or install-info

  správa nainštalovanej dokumentácie vo formáte info

• dep: groff-base (= 1.21-9)

  GNU troff systém na formátovanie textu (základ)

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.7)

  knižnica Embedded GNU C - zdieľané knižnice
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

• dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1)

  podporná knižnica GCC

• dep: libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0)

  knižnica X11 Inter-Client Exchange

• dep: libsm6

  knižnica na správu relácií X11

• dep: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)

  štandardná knižnica C++ GNU v3

• dep: libx11-6

  klientská knižnica X11

• dep: libxaw7

  knižnica X11 Athena Widgets

• dep: libxmu6

  knižnica rozličných nástrojov X11

• dep: libxt6

  knižnica X11 Toolkit Intrinsics

• rec: ghostscript

  interpreter jazyka PostScript a PDF

• rec: imagemagick

  programy na manipuláciu s obrázkami
  also a virtual package provided by graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat

• rec: libpaper1

  knižnica spravujúca charakteristiky papierov

• rec: netpbm

  Graphics conversion tools between image formats

• rec: psutils

  PostScript document handling utilities

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