deroff(1) [plan9 man page]

DEROFF(1)						      General Commands Manual							 DEROFF(1)

NAME

       deroff, delatex - remove formatting requests

SYNOPSIS

       deroff [ option ...  ] file ...

       delatex file

DESCRIPTION

       Deroff  reads  each  file in sequence and removes all nroff and troff(1) requests and non-text arguments, backslash constructions, and con-
       structs of preprocessors such as eqn(1), pic(1), and tbl(1).  Remaining text is written on  the	standard  output.   Deroff  follows  files
       included  by and commands; if a file has already been included, a for that file is ignored and a terminates execution.  If no input file is
       given, deroff reads from standard input.

       The options are

       -w     Output a word list, one `word' (string of letters, digits, and properly embedded ampersands and apostrophes, beginning with  a  let-
	      ter) per line.  Other characters are skipped.  Otherwise, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above.

       -i     Ignore and requests.

       -ms

       -mm    Remove titles, attachments, etc., as well as ordinary troff constructs, from ms(6) or mm documents.

       -ml    Same as -mm, but remove lists as well.

       Delatex does for tex and latex (see tex(1)) files what deroff -wi does for troff files.

SOURCE

       /sys/src/cmd/deroff.c

SEE ALSO

       troff(1), tex(1), spell(1)

BUGS

       These filters are not complete interpreters of troff or tex.  For example, macro definitions containing cause chaos in deroff when the pop-
       ular delimiters for eqn are in effect.
       Text inside macros is emitted at place of definition, not place of call.

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DEROFF(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 DEROFF(1)

NAME

     deroff -- remove nroff/troff, eqn, pic and tbl constructs

SYNOPSIS

     deroff [-ikpw] [-m a | e | l | m | s] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

     deroff reads each file in sequence and removes all nroff(1) and troff(1) command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions, eqn(1)
     constructs (between ``.EQ'' and ``.EN'' lines or between delimiters), pic(1) pictures, and table descriptions and writes the remainder to the
     standard output.  deroff follows chains of included files (``.so'' and ``.nx'' commands); if a file has already been included, a ``.so'' is
     ignored and a ``.nx'' terminates execution.  If no input file is given, deroff reads from the standard input.

     The options are as follows:

     -i      Ignore ``.so'' and ``.nx'' commands.

     -k      Keep blocks of text intact.  This is the default behavior unless the -m option is given.

     -m      Enable support for common macro packages.	The -m option takes the following arguments:
		   a	   recognize man(7) macros.
		   e	   recognize me(7) macros.
		   l	   remove list constructs.
		   m	   recognize mm(7) macros.
		   s	   recognize ms(7) macros.

     -p      Preserve paragraph macros.  This option only has an effect if the -m option is also specified.

     -w      Output a word list, one 'word' (string of letters, digits, and apostrophes, beginning with a letter; apostrophes are removed) per
	     line, and all other characters ignored.  Normally, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above.

SEE ALSO

     eqn(1), nroff(1), pic(1), tbl(1), troff(1)

HISTORY

     deroff appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

BUGS

     deroff is not a complete troff(1) interpreter, so it can be confused by subtle constructs.  Most errors result in too much rather than too
     little output.

     The -ml option does not correctly handle nested lists.

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								   June 6, 1993 							       BSD