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The default device +is ‘<samp class="samp">ps</samp>’ (but it can be changed when <code class="code">groff</code> is configured and +built). It can optionally preprocess with any of <code class="code">gpic</code>, +<code class="code">geqn</code>, <code class="code">gtbl</code>, <code class="code">ggrn</code>, <code class="code">grap</code>, <code class="code">gchem</code>, +<code class="code">grefer</code>, <code class="code">gsoelim</code>, or <code class="code">preconv</code>. +</p> +<p>This section documents only options to the <code class="code">groff</code> front end. Many +of the arguments to <code class="code">groff</code> are passed on to <code class="code">gtroff</code>; +therefore, those are also included. Arguments to preprocessors and +output drivers can be found in the man pages <cite class="cite">gpic<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, +<cite class="cite">geqn<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, <cite class="cite">gtbl<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, <cite class="cite">ggrn<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, +<cite class="cite">grefer<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, <cite class="cite">gchem<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, <cite class="cite">gsoelim<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, +<cite class="cite">preconv<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, <cite class="cite">grotty<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, <cite class="cite">grops<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, +<cite class="cite">gropdf<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, <cite class="cite">grohtml<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, <cite class="cite">grodvi<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, +<cite class="cite">grolj4<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, <cite class="cite">grolbp<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, and <cite class="cite">gxditview<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>. +</p> +<p>The command-line format for <code class="code">groff</code> is: +</p> +<div class="example"> +<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">groff [ -abceghijklpstvzCEGNRSUVXZ ] [ -d<var class="var">cs</var> ] [ -D<var class="var">arg</var> ] + [ -f<var class="var">fam</var> ] [ -F<var class="var">dir</var> ] [ -I<var class="var">dir</var> ] [ -K<var class="var">arg</var> ] + [ -L<var class="var">arg</var> ] [ -m<var class="var">name</var> ] [ -M<var class="var">dir</var> ] [ -n<var class="var">num</var> ] + [ -o<var class="var">list</var> ] [ -P<var class="var">arg</var> ] [ -r<var class="var">cn</var> ] [ -T<var class="var">dev</var> ] + [ -w<var class="var">name</var> ] [ -W<var class="var">name</var> ] [ <var class="var">files</var>… ] +</pre></div></div> + +<p>The command-line format for <code class="code">gtroff</code> is as follows. +</p> +<div class="example"> +<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">gtroff [ -abcivzCERU ] [ -d<var class="var">cs</var> ] [ -f<var class="var">fam</var> ] [ -F<var class="var">dir</var> ] + [ -m<var class="var">name</var> ] [ -M<var class="var">dir</var> ] [ -n<var class="var">num</var> ] [ -o<var class="var">list</var> ] + [ -r<var class="var">cn</var> ] [ -T<var class="var">name</var> ] [ -w<var class="var">name</var> ] [ -W<var class="var">name</var> ] + [ <var class="var">files</var>… ] +</pre></div></div> + +<p>Obviously, many of the options to <code class="code">groff</code> are actually passed on to +<code class="code">gtroff</code>. +</p> +<p>Options without an argument can be grouped behind a +single <samp class="option">-</samp>. A filename of <samp class="file">-</samp> denotes the +standard input. Whitespace is permitted between an option and its +argument. +</p> +<p>The <code class="code">grog</code> command can be used to guess the correct <code class="code">groff</code> +command to format a file. See its man page <cite class="cite">grog<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>; type +‘<samp class="samp">man grog</samp>’ at the command line to view it. +</p> +<p><code class="command">groff</code>’s command-line options are as follows. +</p> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-command_002dline-options"></a> +<dl class="table"> +<dt id='index-plain-text-approximation-output-register-_0028_002eA_0029'><span>‘<samp class="samp">-a</samp>’<a class="copiable-link" href='#index-plain-text-approximation-output-register-_0028_002eA_0029'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><p>Generate a plain text approximation of the typeset output. The +read-only register <code class="code">.A</code> is set to 1. See <a class="xref" href="Built_002din-Registers.html">Built-in Registers</a>. This option produces a sort of abstract preview of the +formatted output. +</p> +<ul class="itemize mark-bullet"> +<li>Page breaks are marked by a phrase in angle brackets; for example, +‘<samp class="samp"><beginning of page></samp>’. + +</li><li>Lines are broken where they would be in the formatted output. + +</li><li>A horizontal motion of any size is represented as one space. Adjacent +horizontal motions are not combined. Inter-sentence space nodes (those +arising from the second argument to the <code class="code">ss</code> request) are not +represented. + +</li><li>Vertical motions are not represented. + +</li><li>Special characters are rendered in angle brackets; for example, the +default soft hyphen character appears as ‘<samp class="samp"><hy></samp>’. +</li></ul> + +<p>The above description should not be considered a specification; the +details of <samp class="option">-a</samp> output are subject to change. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-b</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Write a backtrace reporting the state of <code class="command">gtroff</code>’s input parser +to the standard error stream with each diagnostic message. The line +numbers given in the backtrace might not always be correct, because +<code class="command">gtroff</code>’s idea of line numbers can be confused by requests that +append to +macros. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-c</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Start with color output disabled. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-C</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Enable AT&T <code class="command">troff</code> compatibility mode; implies <samp class="option">-c</samp>. +See <a class="xref" href="Implementation-Differences.html">Implementation Differences</a>, for the list of incompatibilities +between <code class="command">groff</code> and <abbr class="acronym">AT&T</abbr> <code class="command">troff</code>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-d<var class="var">c</var><var class="var">text</var></samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-d<var class="var">string</var>=<var class="var">text</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Define <code class="code">roff</code> string <var class="var">c</var> or <var class="var">string</var> as <var class="var">t</var> or +<var class="var">text</var>. <var class="var">c</var> must be one character; <var class="var">string</var> can be +of arbitrary length. Such string assignments happen before any macro +file is loaded, including the startup file. Due to <code class="code">getopt_long</code> +limitations, <var class="var">c</var> cannot be, and <var class="var">string</var> cannot contain, an +equals sign, even though that is a valid character in a <code class="code">roff</code> +identifier. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-D<var class="var">enc</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Set fallback input encoding used by <code class="command">preconv</code> to <var class="var">enc</var>; +implies <samp class="option">-k</samp>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-e</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Run <code class="command">geqn</code> preprocessor. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-E</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Inhibit <code class="command">gtroff</code> error messages. This option does <em class="emph">not</em> +suppress messages sent to the standard error stream by documents or +macro packages using <code class="code">tm</code> or related requests. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-f<var class="var">fam</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Use <var class="var">fam</var> as the default font family. See <a class="xref" href="Font-Families.html">Font Families</a>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-F<var class="var">dir</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Search in directory <samp class="file"><var class="var">dir</var></samp> for the selected output device’s +directory of device and font description files. See the description of +<code class="env">GROFF_FONT_PATH</code> in <a class="ref" href="Environment.html">Environment</a> below for the default search +locations and ordering. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-g</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Run <code class="command">ggrn</code> preprocessor. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-G</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Run <code class="command">grap</code> preprocessor; implies <samp class="option">-p</samp>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-h</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Display a usage message and exit. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-i</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Read the standard input after all the named input files have been +processed. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-I<var class="var">dir</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Search the directory <var class="var">dir</var> for files named in several contexts; +implies <samp class="option">-g</samp> and <samp class="option">-s</samp>. +</p> +<ul class="itemize mark-bullet"> +<li><code class="command">gsoelim</code> replaces <code class="code">so</code> requests with the contents of their +file name arguments. + +</li><li><code class="command">gtroff</code> searches for files named as operands in its command +line and as arguments to <code class="code">psbb</code>, <code class="code">so</code>, and <code class="code">soquiet</code> +requests. + +</li><li>Output drivers may search for files; for instance, <code class="command">grops</code> looks +for files named in ‘<samp class="samp">\X'ps: import <span class="r">…</span>'</samp>’, ‘<samp class="samp">\X'ps: file +<span class="r">…</span>'</samp>’, and ‘<samp class="samp">\X'pdf: pdfpic <span class="r">…</span>'</samp>’ device control +escape sequences. +</li></ul> + +<p>This option may be specified more than once; the directories are +searched in the order specified. If you want to search the current +directory before others, add ‘<samp class="samp">-I .</samp>’ at the desired place. The +current working directory is otherwise searched last. <samp class="option">-I</samp> works +similarly to, and is named for, the “include” option of Unix C +compilers. +</p> +<p><samp class="option">-I</samp> options are passed to <code class="command">gsoelim</code>, <code class="command">gtroff</code>, +and output drivers; with the flag letter changed to <samp class="option">-M</samp>, they +are also passed to <code class="command">ggrn</code>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-j</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Run <code class="command">gchem</code> preprocessor. Implies <samp class="option">-p</samp>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-k</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Run <code class="command">preconv</code> preprocessor. Refer to its man page for its +behavior if neither of <code class="command">groff</code>’s <samp class="option">-K</samp> or <samp class="option">-D</samp> +options is also specified. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-K<var class="var">enc</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Set input encoding used by <code class="command">preconv</code> to <var class="var">enc</var>; implies +<samp class="option">-k</samp>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-l</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Send the output to a spooler for printing. The <code class="code">print</code> directive +in the device description file specifies the default command to be used; +see <a class="ref" href="Device-and-Font-Description-Files.html">Device and Font Description Files</a>. +See options <samp class="option">-L</samp> and <samp class="option">-X</samp>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-L<var class="var">arg</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Pass <var class="var">arg</var> to the print spooler program. If multiple <var class="var">arg</var>s are +required, pass each with a separate <samp class="option">-L</samp> option. <code class="command">groff</code> +does not prefix an option dash to <var class="var">arg</var> before passing it to the +spooler program. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-m<var class="var">name</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Process the file <samp class="file"><var class="var">name</var>.tmac</samp> prior to any input files. +If not found, <samp class="file">tmac.<var class="var">name</var></samp> is attempted. <var class="var">name</var> +(in both arrangements) is presumed to be a macro file; see the +description of <code class="env">GROFF_TMAC_PATH</code> in <a class="ref" href="Environment.html">Environment</a> below for the +default search locations and ordering. This option and its argument are +also passed to <code class="command">geqn</code>, <code class="command">grap</code>, and <code class="command">ggrn</code>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-M<var class="var">dir</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Search directory <samp class="file"><var class="var">dir</var></samp> for macro files; see the description +of <code class="env">GROFF_TMAC_PATH</code> in <a class="ref" href="Environment.html">Environment</a> below for the default +search locations and ordering. This option and its argument are also +passed to <code class="command">geqn</code>, <code class="command">grap</code>, and <code class="command">ggrn</code>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-n<var class="var">num</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Number the first page <var class="var">num</var>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-N</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Prohibit newlines between <code class="code">eqn</code> delimiters: pass <samp class="option">-N</samp> to +<code class="command">geqn</code>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt id='index-print-current-page-register-_0028_002eP_0029'><span>‘<samp class="samp">-o<var class="var">list</var></samp>’<a class="copiable-link" href='#index-print-current-page-register-_0028_002eP_0029'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><p>Output only pages in <var class="var">list</var>, which is a comma-separated list of page +ranges; ‘<samp class="samp"><var class="var">n</var></samp>’ means page <var class="var">n</var>, ‘<samp class="samp"><var class="var">m</var>-<var class="var">n</var></samp>’ +means every page between <var class="var">m</var> and <var class="var">n</var>, ‘<samp class="samp">-<var class="var">n</var></samp>’ means +every page up to <var class="var">n</var>, ‘<samp class="samp"><var class="var">n</var>-</samp>’ means every page from +<var class="var">n</var> on. <code class="command">gtroff</code> stops processing and exits after +formatting the last page enumerated in <var class="var">list</var>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-p</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Run <code class="command">gpic</code> preprocessor. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-P<var class="var">arg</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Pass <var class="var">arg</var> to the postprocessor. If multiple <var class="var">arg</var>s are +required, pass each with a separate <samp class="option">-P</samp> option. <code class="command">groff</code> +does not prefix an option dash to <var class="var">arg</var> before passing it to the +postprocessor. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-r<var class="var">c</var><var class="var">numeric-expression</var></samp>’</dt> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-r<var class="var">register</var>=<var class="var">expr</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Set <code class="code">roff</code> register <var class="var">c</var> or <var class="var">register</var> to the value +<var class="var">numeric-expression</var> (see <a class="pxref" href="Numeric-Expressions.html">Numeric Expressions</a>). +<var class="var">c</var> must be one character; <var class="var">register</var> can be of arbitrary +length. Such register assignments happen before any macro file is +loaded, including the startup file. Due to <code class="code">getopt_long</code> +limitations, <var class="var">c</var> cannot be, and <var class="var">register</var> cannot contain, +an equals sign, even though that is a valid character in a <code class="code">roff</code> +identifier. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-R</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Run <code class="command">grefer</code> preprocessor. No mechanism is provided for passing +arguments to <code class="command">grefer</code> because most <code class="command">grefer</code> options have +equivalent language elements that can be specified within the document. +</p> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-troffrc"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-troffrc_002dend"></a> +<p><code class="command">gtroff</code> also accepts a <samp class="option">-R</samp> option, which is not +accessible via <code class="command">groff</code>. This option prevents the loading of the +<samp class="file">troffrc</samp> and <samp class="file">troffrc-end</samp> files. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-s</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Run <code class="command">gsoelim</code> preprocessor. +</p> +</dd> +<dt id='index-open-request_002c-and-safer-mode'><span>‘<samp class="samp">-S</samp>’<a class="copiable-link" href='#index-open-request_002c-and-safer-mode'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-opena-request_002c-and-safer-mode"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-pso-request_002c-and-safer-mode"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-sy-request_002c-and-safer-mode"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-pi-request_002c-and-safer-mode"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-safer-mode"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-mode_002c-safer"></a> +<p>Operate in “safer” mode; see <samp class="option">-U</samp> below for its opposite. For +security reasons, safer mode is enabled by default. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-t</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Run <code class="command">gtbl</code> preprocessor. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-T<var class="var">dev</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Direct <code class="command">gtroff</code> to format the input for the output device +<var class="var">dev</var>. <code class="command">groff</code> then calls an output driver to convert +<code class="command">gtroff</code>’s output to a form appropriate for <var class="var">dev</var>. The +following output devices are available. +</p> +<dl class="table"> +<dt><code class="code">ps</code></dt> +<dd><p>For PostScript printers and previewers. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code class="code">pdf</code></dt> +<dd><p>For <abbr class="acronym">PDF</abbr> viewers or printers. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code class="code">dvi</code></dt> +<dd><p>For TeX DVI format. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code class="code">X75</code></dt> +<dd><p>For a 75<span class="dmn">dpi</span> X11 previewer. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code class="code">X75-12</code></dt> +<dd><p>For a 75<span class="dmn">dpi</span> X11 previewer with a 12-point base font in the +document. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code class="code">X100</code></dt> +<dd><p>For a 100<span class="dmn">dpi</span> X11 previewer. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code class="code">X100-12</code></dt> +<dd><p>For a 100<span class="dmn">dpi</span> X11 previewer with a 12-point base font in the +document. +</p> +</dd> +<dt id='index-encoding_002c-output_002c-ASCII'><span><code class="code">ascii</code><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-encoding_002c-output_002c-ASCII'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-encoding_002c-output_002c-ISO-646"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-ASCII-output-encoding"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-ISO-646-output-encoding"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-output-encoding_002c-ASCII"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-output-encoding_002c-ISO-646"></a> +<p>For typewriter-like devices using the (7-bit) <abbr class="acronym">ASCII</abbr> +(ISO 646) character set. +</p> +</dd> +<dt id='index-encoding_002c-output_002c-Latin_002d1-_0028ISO-8859_002d1_0029'><span><code class="code">latin1</code><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-encoding_002c-output_002c-Latin_002d1-_0028ISO-8859_002d1_0029'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-Latin_002d1-_0028ISO-8859_002d1_0029-output-encoding"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-ISO-8859_002d1-_0028Latin_002d1_0029-output-encoding"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-output-encoding_002c-Latin_002d1-_0028ISO-8859_002d1_0029"></a> +<p>For typewriter-like devices that support the <span class="w-nolinebreak-text">Latin-1</span><!-- /@w --> +(ISO <span class="w-nolinebreak-text">8859-1</span><!-- /@w -->) character set. +</p> +</dd> +<dt id='index-encoding_002c-output_002c-UTF_002d8'><span><code class="code">utf8</code><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-encoding_002c-output_002c-UTF_002d8'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-UTF_002d8-output-encoding"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-output-encoding_002c-UTF_002d8"></a> +<p>For typewriter-like devices that use the Unicode (ISO 10646) +character set with <span class="w-nolinebreak-text">UTF-8</span><!-- /@w --> encoding. +</p> +</dd> +<dt id='index-encoding_002c-output_002c-EBCDIC'><span><code class="code">cp1047</code><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-encoding_002c-output_002c-EBCDIC'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-EBCDIC-output-encoding"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-output-encoding_002c-EBCDIC"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-encoding_002c-output_002c-code-page-1047"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-code-page-1047-output-encoding"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-output-encoding_002c-code-page-1047"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-IBM-code-page-1047-output-encoding"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-CCSID-1047-output-encoding-_0028EBCDIC_0029"></a> +<p>For typewriter-like devices that use the <abbr class="acronym">EBCDIC</abbr> encoding IBM +code page 1047. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code class="code">lj4</code></dt> +<dd><p>For HP LaserJet4-compatible (or other PCL5-compatible) printers. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code class="code">lbp</code></dt> +<dd><p>For Canon <abbr class="acronym">CaPSL</abbr> printers (<span class="w-nolinebreak-text">LBP-4</span><!-- /@w --> and <span class="w-nolinebreak-text">LBP-8</span><!-- /@w --> series laser +printers). +</p> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-pre_002dgrohtml"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-post_002dgrohtml"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-grohtml_002c-the-program"></a> +</dd> +<dt><code class="code">html</code></dt> +<dt><code class="code">xhtml</code></dt> +<dd><p>To produce <abbr class="acronym">HTML</abbr> and <abbr class="acronym">XHTML</abbr> output, respectively. +This driver consists of two parts, a preprocessor +(<code class="command">pre-grohtml</code>) and a postprocessor (<code class="command">post-grohtml</code>). +</p></dd> +</dl> + +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-output-device-name-string-_0028_002eT_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-output-device-usage-register-_0028_002eT_0029"></a> +<p>The predefined GNU <code class="code">troff</code> string <code class="code">.T</code> contains the name of +the output device; the read-only register <code class="code">.T</code> is set to 1 if +this option is used (which is always true if <code class="command">groff</code> is used to +call GNU <code class="command">troff</code>). See <a class="xref" href="Built_002din-Registers.html">Built-in Registers</a>. +</p> +<p>The postprocessor to be used for a device is specified by the +<code class="code">postpro</code> command in the device description file. (See <a class="xref" href="Device-and-Font-Description-Files.html">Device and Font Description Files</a>.) This can be overridden with the +<samp class="option">-X</samp> option. +</p> +</dd> +<dt id='index-mode_002c-unsafe'><span>‘<samp class="samp">-U</samp>’<a class="copiable-link" href='#index-mode_002c-unsafe'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-unsafe-mode"></a> +<p>Operate in <em class="dfn">unsafe mode</em>, which enables the <code class="code">open</code>, +<code class="code">opena</code>, <code class="code">pi</code>, <code class="code">pso</code>, and <code class="code">sy</code> requests. These +requests are disabled by default because they allow an untrusted input +document to write to arbitrary file names and run arbitrary commands. +This option also adds the current directory to the macro package search +path; see the <samp class="option">-m</samp> option above. <samp class="option">-U</samp> is passed to +<code class="command">gpic</code> and <code class="command">gtroff</code>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-v</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Write version information for <code class="command">groff</code> and all programs run by it +to the standard output stream; that is, the given command line is +processed in the usual way, passing <samp class="option">-v</samp> to the formatter and any +pre- or postprocessors invoked. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-V</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Output the pipeline that would be run by <code class="command">groff</code> +(as a wrapper program) to the standard output stream, but do not execute +it. If given more than once, the pipeline is both written to the +standard error stream and run. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-w<var class="var">category</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Enable warnings in <var class="var">category</var>. Categories are listed in +<a class="ref" href="Warnings.html">Warnings</a>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-W<var class="var">category</var></samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Inhibit warnings in <var class="var">category</var>. Categories are listed in +<a class="ref" href="Warnings.html">Warnings</a>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-X</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Use <code class="command">gxditview</code> instead of the usual postprocessor to (pre)view +a document on an X11 display. Combining this option with +<samp class="option">-Tps</samp> uses the font metrics of the PostScript device, whereas +the <samp class="option">-TX75</samp> and <samp class="option">-TX100</samp> options use the metrics of X11 +fonts. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-z</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Suppress formatted output from <code class="command">gtroff</code>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-Z</samp>’</dt> +<dd><p>Disable postprocessing. <code class="command">gtroff</code> output will appear on the +standard output stream (unless suppressed with <samp class="option">-z</samp>; see +<a class="ref" href="gtroff-Output.html"><code class="code">gtroff</code> Output</a> for a description of this format. +</p></dd> +</dl> + + + +</div> +<hr> +<div class="nav-panel"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Environment.html">Environment</a>, Previous: <a href="Invoking-groff.html">Invoking <code class="code">groff</code></a>, Up: <a href="Invoking-groff.html">Invoking <code class="code">groff</code></a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Request-Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> + + + +</body> +</html> |