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diff --git a/upstream/fedora-40/man1/grotty.1 b/upstream/fedora-40/man1/grotty.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..94d4dcb5 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/fedora-40/man1/grotty.1 @@ -0,0 +1,810 @@ +.TH grotty 1 "24 January 2024" "groff 1.23.0" +.SH Name +grotty \- +.I groff +output driver for typewriter-like (terminal) devices +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.\" Legal Terms +.\" ==================================================================== +.\" +.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of +.\" this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that +.\" the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of +.\" a permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this +.\" manual into another language, under the above conditions for +.\" modified versions, except that this permission notice may be +.\" included in translations approved by the Free Software Foundation +.\" instead of in the original English. +. +. +.\" Save and disable compatibility mode (for, e.g., Solaris 10/11). +.do nr *groff_grotty_1_man_C \n[.cp] +.cp 0 +. +.\" Define fallback for groff 1.23's MR macro if the system lacks it. +.nr do-fallback 0 +.if !\n(.f .nr do-fallback 1 \" mandoc +.if \n(.g .if !d MR .nr do-fallback 1 \" older groff +.if !\n(.g .nr do-fallback 1 \" non-groff *roff +.if \n[do-fallback] \{\ +. de MR +. ie \\n(.$=1 \ +. I \%\\$1 +. el \ +. IR \%\\$1 (\\$2)\\$3 +. . +.\} +.rr do-fallback +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Synopsis +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.SY grotty +.RB [ \-dfho ] +.RB [ \-i | \-r ] +.RB [ \-F\~\c +.IR dir ] +.RI [ file\~ .\|.\|.] +.YS +. +. +.SY "grotty \-c" +.RB [ \-bBdfhouU ] +.RB [ \-F\~\c +.IR dir ] +.RI [ file\~ .\|.\|.] +.YS +. +. +.SY grotty +.B \-\-help +.YS +. +. +.SY grotty +.B \-v +. +.SY grotty +.B \-\-version +.YS +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Description +.\" ==================================================================== +. +The GNU +.I roff +TTY +(\[lq]Teletype\[rq]) +output driver translates the output of +.MR \%troff 1 +into a form suitable for typewriter-like devices, +including terminal emulators. +. +Normally, +.I grotty +is invoked by +.MR groff 1 +when the latter is given one of the +.RB \[lq] \-T\~ascii \[rq], +.RB \[lq] \-T\~latin1 \[rq], +.BR \-Tlatin1 , +or +.RB \[lq] \-T\~utf8 \[rq] +options on systems using ISO character encoding standards, +or with +.RB \[lq] \-T\~cp1047 \[rq] +or +.RB \[lq] \-T\~utf8 \[rq] +on EBCDIC-based hosts. +. +(In this installation, +.B \%ps +is the default output device.) +. +Use +.IR groff 's +.B \-P +option to pass any options shown above to +.IR grotty . +. +If no +.I file +arguments are given, +or if +.I file +is \[lq]\-\[rq], +.I grotty +reads the standard input stream. +. +Output is written to the standard output stream. +. +. +.P +By default, +.I grotty +emits SGR escape sequences +(from ISO\~6429, +popularly called \[lq]ANSI escapes\[rq]) +to change text attributes +(bold, +italic, +underline, +reverse video +.\" ECMA-48, 2nd edition (1979) calls it "negative image". +[\[lq]negative image\[rq]] +and colors). +. +Devices supporting the appropriate sequences can view +.I roff +documents using eight different background and foreground colors. +. +Following ISO\~6429, +the following colors are defined in +.IR tty.tmac : +black, +white, +red, +green, +blue, +yellow, +magenta, +and cyan. +. +Unrecognized colors are mapped to the default color, +which is dependent on the settings of the terminal. +. +OSC\~8 hyperlinks are produced for these devices. +. +. +.P +In keeping with long-standing practice and the rarity of terminals +(and emulators) +that support oblique or italic fonts, +italicized text is represented with underlining by default\[em]but see +the +.B \-i +option below. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS "SGR and OSC support in pagers" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +When paging +.IR grotty 's +output with +.MR less 1 , +the latter program must be instructed to pass SGR and OSC sequences +through to the device; +its +.B \-R +option is one way to achieve this +.RI ( less +version 566 or later is required for OSC\~8 support). +. +Consequently, +programs like +.MR man 1 +that page +.I roff +documents with +.I less +must call it with an appropriate option. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS "Legacy output format" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +The +.B \-c +option tells +.I grotty +to use an output format compatible with paper terminals, +like the Teletype machines for which +.I roff +and +.I nroff +were first developed but which are no longer in wide use. +. +SGR escape sequences are not emitted; +bold, +italic, +and underlining character attributes are thus not manipulated. +. +Instead, +.I grotty +overstrikes, +representing a bold character +.I c +with the sequence +.RI \[lq] c\~\c +BACKSPACE\~\c +.IR c \[rq], +an italic character +.I c +with the sequence +.RB \[lq] _\~\c +BACKSPACE\~\c +.IR c \[rq], +and bold italics with +.RB \[lq] _\~\c +BACKSPACE\~\c +.I c +BACKSPACE\~\c +.IR c \[rq]. +. +This rendering is inherently ambiguous when the character +.I c +is itself the underscore. +. +. +.P +The legacy output format can be rendered on a video terminal +(or emulator) +by piping +.IR grotty 's +output through +.MR ul 1 , +.\" from bsdmainutils 11.1.2+b1 (on Debian Buster) +which may render bold italics as reverse video. +. +.\" 'more' from util-linux 2.33.1 (on Debian Buster) neither renders +.\" double-struck characters as bold nor supports -b, but does render +.\" SGR sequences (including color) with no flags required. +Some implementations of +.MR more 1 +are also able to display these sequences; +you may wish to experiment with that command's +.B \-b +option. +. +.\" Version 487 of... +.I less +renders legacy bold and italics without requiring options. +. +In contrast to the terminal output drivers of some other +.I roff +implementations, +.I grotty +never outputs reverse line feeds. +. +There is therefore no need to filter its output through +.MR col 1 . +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS "Device control commands" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.I grotty +understands one device control function produced by the +.I roff +.B \[rs]X +escape sequence in a document. +. +. +.TP +.BR "\[rs]X\[aq]tty: link " [\c +.IR uri \~[ key\c +.BI = value\c +] \|.\|.\|.\|]\c +.B \[aq] +. +Embed a hyperlink using the OSC 8 terminal escape sequence. +. +Specifying +.I uri +starts hyperlinked text, +and omitting it ends the hyperlink. +. +When +.I uri +is present, +any number of additional key/value pairs can be specified; +their interpretation is the responsibility of the pager or terminal. +. +Spaces or tabs cannot appear literally in +.IR uri , +.IR key , +or +.IR value ; +they must be represented in an alternate form. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS "Device description files" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +If the +.I DESC +file for the character encoding contains the +.RB \[lq] unicode \[rq] +directive, +.I grotty +emits Unicode characters in UTF-8 encoding. +. +Otherwise, +it emits characters in a single-byte encoding depending on the data in +the font description files. +. +See +.MR groff_font 5 . +. +. +.P +A font description file may contain a directive +.RB \[lq] internalname\~\c +.IR n \[rq] +where +.I n +is a decimal integer. +. +If the 01 bit in +.I n +is set, +then the font is treated as an italic font; +if the 02 bit is set, +then it is treated as a bold font. +. +.\" The following seems to say nothing that is not true of font +.\" description files in general; if so, it belongs in groff_font(5). +.\"The code field in the font description field gives the code which is +.\"used to output the character. +.\". +.\"This code can also be used in the +.\".I groff +.\".B \[rs]N +.\"escape sequence in a document. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS Typefaces +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.I grotty +supports the standard four styles: +.B R +(roman), +.B I +.RI ( italic ), +.B B +.RB ( bold ), +and +.B BI +(\f[BI]bold-italic\f[]). +. +Because the output driver operates in +.I nroff +mode, +attempts to set or change the font family or type size are ignored. +. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Options +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.B \-\-help +displays a usage message, +while +.B \-v +and +.B \-\-version +show version information; +all exit afterward. +. +. +.TP +.B \-b +Suppress the use of overstriking for bold characters in legacy output +format. +. +. +.TP +.B \-B +Use only overstriking for bold-italic characters in legacy output +format. +. +. +.TP +.B \-c +Use +.IR grotty 's +legacy output format +(see subsection \[lq]Legacy output format\[rq] above). +. +SGR and OSC escape sequences are not emitted. +. +. +.TP +.B \-d +Ignore all +.B \[rs]D +drawing escape sequences in the input. +. +By default, +.I grotty +renders +.BR \[rs]D\[aq]l \|.\|.\|.\& \[aq] +escape sequences that have at least one zero argument +(and so are either horizontal or vertical) +using Unicode box drawing characters +(for the +.B utf8 +device) +or the +.BR \- , +.BR | , +and +.B + +characters +(for all other devices). +. +.I grotty +handles +.BR \[rs]D\[aq]p \|.\|.\|.\& \[aq] +escape sequences that consist entirely of horizontal and vertical +lines similarly. +. +. +.TP +.B \-f +Emit a form feed at the end of each page having no output on its last +line. +. +. +.TP +.BI \-F\~ dir +Prepend directory +.RI dir /dev name +to the search path for font and device description files; +.I name +describes the output device's character encoding, +one of +.BR ascii , +.BR latin1 , +.BR utf8 , +or +.BR cp1047 . +. +. +.TP +.B \-h +Use literal horizontal tab characters in the output. +. +Tabs are assumed to be set every 8 columns. +. +. +.TP +.B \-i +Render oblique-styled fonts +.RB ( I +and +.BR BI ) +with the SGR attribute for italic text +rather than underlined text. +. +Many terminals don't support this attribute; +however, +.MR xterm 1 , +since patch\~#314 (2014-12-28), +does. +. +Ignored if +.B \-c +is also specified. +. +. +.TP +.B \-o +Suppress overstriking +(other than for bold and/or underlined characters when the legacy output +format is in use). +. +. +.TP +.B \-r +Render oblique-styled fonts +.RB ( I +and +.BR BI ) +with the SGR attribute for reverse video text +rather than underlined text. +. +Ignored if +.B \-c +or +.B \-i +is also specified. +. +. +.TP +.B \-u +Suppress the use of underlining for italic characters in legacy output +format. +. +. +.TP +.B \-U +Use only underlining for bold-italic characters in legacy output format. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Environment +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.TP +.I GROFF_FONT_PATH +A list of directories in which to seek the selected output device's +directory of device and font description files. +. +See +.MR \%troff 1 +and +.MR groff_font 5 . +. +. +.TP +.I GROFF_NO_SGR +If set, +.IR grotty 's +legacy output format is used just as if the +.B \-c +option were specified; +see subsection \[lq]Legacy output format\[rq] above. +. +. +.br +.ne 3v \" Keep section heading and paragraph tag together. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Files +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.TP +.I /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%font/\:\%devascii/\:DESC +describes the +.B ascii +output device. +. +. +.TP +.IR /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%font/\:\%devascii/ F +describes the font known +.RI as\~ F +on device +.BR ascii . +. +. +.TP +.I /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%font/\:\%devcp1047/\:DESC +describes the +.B cp1047 +output device. +. +. +.TP +.IR /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%font/\:\%devcp1047/ F +describes the font known +.RI as\~ F +on device +.BR cp1047 . +. +. +.TP +.I /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%font/\:\%devlatin1/\:DESC +describes the +.B latin1 +output device. +. +. +.TP +.IR /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%font/\:\%devlatin1/ F +describes the font known +.RI as\~ F +on device +.BR latin1 . +. +. +.TP +.I /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%font/\:\%devutf8/\:DESC +describes the +.B utf8 +output device. +. +. +.TP +.IR /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%font/\:\%devutf8/ F +describes the font known +.RI as\~ F +on device +.BR utf8 . +. +. +.TP +.I /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%tmac/\:tty\:.tmac +defines macros for use with the +.BR ascii , +.BR cp1047 , +.BR latin1 , +and +.B utf8 +output devices. +. +It is automatically loaded by +.I troffrc +when any of those output devices is selected. +. +. +.TP +.I /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%tmac/\:tty\-char\:.tmac +defines fallback characters for use with +.I grotty. +. +See +.MR nroff 1 . +. +. +.\" XXX: The following no longer seems to be true; an inspection of the +.\" font/*/dev*.am files suggests no evidence of it, at any rate. +.\".P +.\"Note that on EBCDIC hosts, +.\"only files for the +.\".B cp1047 +.\"device are installed. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Limitations +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.I grotty +is intended only for simple documents. +. +. +.IP \[bu] 2n +There is no support for fractional horizontal or vertical motions. +. +. +.IP \[bu] +.I roff +.B \[rs]D +escape sequences producing anything other than horizontal and vertical +lines are not supported. +. +. +.IP \[bu] +Characters above the first line +(that is, +with a vertical drawing position of\~0) +cannot be rendered. +. +. +.IP \[bu] +Color handling differs from other output drivers. +. +The +.I groff +requests and escape sequences that set the stroke and fill colors +instead set the foreground and background character cell colors, +respectively. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Examples +.\" ==================================================================== +. +The following +.I groff +document exercises several features for which output device support +varies: +(1)\~bold style; +(2)\~italic (underline) style; +(3)\~bold-italic style; +(4)\~character composition by overstriking (\[lq]co\[:o]perate\[rq]); +(5)\~foreground color; +(6)\~background color; +and +(7)\~horizontal and vertical line-drawing. +. +. +.P +.RS +.EX +You might see \ef[B]bold\ef[] and \ef[I]italic\ef[]. +Some people see \ef[BI]both\ef[]. +If the output device does (not) co\ez\e[ad]operate, +you might see \em[red]red\em[]. +Black on cyan can have a \eM[cyan]\em[black]prominent\em[]\eM[] +\eD\[aq]l 1i 0\[aq]\eD\[aq]l 0 2i\[aq]\eD\[aq]l 1i 0\[aq] look. +\&.\e" If in nroff mode, end page now. +\&.if n .pl \en[nl]u +.EE +.RE +. +. +.P +Given the foregoing input, +compare and contrast the output of the following. +. +. +.P +.RS +.EX +$ \c +.B groff \-T ascii \c +.I file +$ \c +.B groff \-T utf8 \-P \-i \c +.I file +$ \c +.B groff \-T utf8 \-P \-c \c +.I file \c +.B | ul +.EE +.RE +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH "See also" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +\[lq]Control Functions for Coded Character Sets\[rq] +(ECMA-48) +5th\~edition, +Ecma International, +June\~1991. +. +A gratis version of ISO\~6429, +this document includes a normative description of SGR escape sequences. +. +Available at +.UR http://\:www\:.ecma\-international\:.org/\:publications/\:files/\:\ +ECMA\-ST/\:Ecma\-048\:.pdf +.UE . +. +. +.P +.UR https://\:gist\:.github\:.com/\:egmontkob/\:\ +eb114294efbcd5ad\:b1944c9f3cb5feda +\[lq]Hyperlinks in Terminal Emulators\[rq] +.UE , +Egmont Koblinger. +. +. +.P +.MR groff 1 , +.MR \%troff 1 , +.MR groff_out 5 , +.MR groff_font 5 , +.MR groff_char 7 , +.MR ul 1 , +.MR more 1 , +.MR less 1 , +.MR man 1 +. +. +.\" Restore compatibility mode (for, e.g., Solaris 10/11). +.cp \n[*groff_grotty_1_man_C] +.do rr *groff_grotty_1_man_C +. +. +.\" Local Variables: +.\" fill-column: 72 +.\" mode: nroff +.\" End: +.\" vim: set filetype=groff textwidth=72: |