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  1. <sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
  2. <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
  3. <para><command>addftinfo</command> reads a troff font file and adds some
  4. additional font-metric information that is used by the groff system.</para>
  5. <para><command>afmtodit</command> creates a font file for use with
  6. groff and grops.</para>
  7. <para><command>eqn</command> compiles descriptions of equations embedded
  8. within troff input files into commands that are understood by troff.</para>
  9. <para><command>eqn2graph</command> converts an EQN equation into a cropped
  10. image.</para>
  11. <para><command>grn</command> is a groff preprocessor for gremlin files.</para>
  12. <para><command>grodvi</command> is a driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format.</para>
  13. <para><command>groff</command> is a front-end to the groff document
  14. formatting system. Normally it runs the troff program and a post-processor
  15. appropriate for the selected device.</para>
  16. <para><command>groffer</command> displays groff files and man pages on X
  17. and tty.</para>
  18. <para><command>grog</command> reads files and guesses which of the groff
  19. options -e, -man, -me, -mm, -ms, -p, -s, and -t are required for printing
  20. files, and reports the groff command including those options.</para>
  21. <para><command>grolbp</command> is a groff driver for Canon CAPSL printers
  22. (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers).</para>
  23. <para><command>grolj4</command> is a driver for groff that produces output
  24. in PCL5 format suitable for an HP Laserjet 4 printer.</para>
  25. <para><command>grops</command> translates the output of GNU troff to
  26. Postscript.</para>
  27. <para><command>grotty</command> translates the output of GNU troff into
  28. a form suitable for typewriter-like devices.</para>
  29. <para><command>gtbl</command> is the GNU implementation of tbl.</para>
  30. <para><command>hpftodit</command> creates a font file for use with
  31. groff -Tlj4 from an HP-tagged font metric file.</para>
  32. <para><command>indxbib</command> makes an inverted index for the
  33. bibliographic databases a specified file for use with refer, lookbib,
  34. and lkbib.</para>
  35. <para><command>lkbib</command> searches bibliographic databases for
  36. references that contain specified keys and reports any references found.</para>
  37. <para><command>lookbib</command> prints a prompt on the standard error
  38. (unless the standard input is not a terminal), reads from the standard input
  39. a line containing a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases in
  40. a specified file for references containing those keywords, prints any
  41. references found on the standard output and repeats this process until the
  42. end of input.</para>
  43. <para><command>mmroff</command> is a simple preprocessor for groff.</para>
  44. <para><command>neqn</command> formats equations for ascii output.</para>
  45. <para><command>nroff</command> is a script that emulates the nroff command
  46. using groff.</para>
  47. <para><command>pfbtops</command> translates a Postscript font in .pfb
  48. format to ASCII.</para>
  49. <para><command>pic</command> compiles descriptions of pictures embedded
  50. within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or troff.</para>
  51. <para><command>pic2graph</command> converts a PIC diagram into a cropped
  52. image.</para>
  53. <para><command>pre-grohtml </command> translates the output of GNU troff
  54. to html.</para>
  55. <para><command>post-grohtml</command> translates the output of GNU troff
  56. to html.</para>
  57. <para><command>refer</command> copies the contents of a file to the
  58. standard output, except that lines between .[ and .] are interpreted as
  59. citations, and lines between .R1 and .R2 are interpreted as commands about
  60. how citations are to be processed.</para>
  61. <para><command>soelim</command> reads files and replaces lines of the form
  62. <emphasis>.so file</emphasis> by the contents of the mentioned
  63. <emphasis>file</emphasis>.</para>
  64. <para><command>tbl</command> compiles descriptions of tables embedded
  65. within troff input files into commands that are understood by troff.</para>
  66. <para><command>tfmtodit</command> creates a font file for use with
  67. groff -Tdvi.</para>
  68. <para><command>troff</command> is highly compatible with Unix troff.
  69. Usually it should be invoked using the groff command, which will also run
  70. preprocessors and post-processors in the appropriate order and with the
  71. appropriate options.</para>
  72. <para><command>zsoelim</command> is the GNU implementation of soelim.</para>
  73. </sect2>