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+<h2 class="chapter" id="Invoking-groff-1">2 Invoking <code class="code">groff</code></h2>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-invoking-groff"></a>
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+<p>This chapter focuses on how to invoke the <code class="code">groff</code> front end. This
+front end takes care of the details of constructing the pipeline among
+the preprocessors, <code class="code">gtroff</code> and the postprocessor.
+</p>
+<p>It has become a tradition that GNU programs get the prefix &lsquo;<samp class="samp">g</samp>&rsquo; to
+distinguish them from their original counterparts provided by the host
+(see <a class="pxref" href="Environment.html">Environment</a>). Thus, for example, <code class="code">geqn</code> is GNU
+<code class="code">eqn</code>. On operating systems like GNU/Linux or the Hurd, which
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+MS-DOS/MS-Windows, where <code class="code">troff</code> and associated programs are not
+available at all, this prefix is omitted since GNU <code class="code">troff</code> is the
+only incarnation of <code class="code">troff</code> used. Exception: &lsquo;<samp class="samp">groff</samp>&rsquo; is never
+replaced by &lsquo;<samp class="samp">roff</samp>&rsquo;.
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+<p>In this document, we consequently say &lsquo;<samp class="samp">gtroff</samp>&rsquo; when talking about
+the GNU <code class="code">troff</code> program. All other implementations of <code class="code">troff</code> are called <abbr class="acronym">AT&amp;T</abbr>
+<code class="code">troff</code>, which is the common origin of almost all <code class="code">troff</code>
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