troff

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Unix software text formatting program typesetting system

troff is a classic Unix text formatting and typesetting program used to produce high-quality printed documents from plain text source files.

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GNU Groff 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Unix software ⓘ
text formatting program ⓘ
typesetting system ⓘ
developer Bell Labs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brian W. Kernighan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph F. Ossanna NERFINISHED ⓘ
distribution included with traditional Unix systems ⓘ
era early Unix era ⓘ
feature conditional processing ⓘ
diagram support (via pic) ⓘ
equation formatting (via eqn) ⓘ
font selection ⓘ
line-oriented markup ⓘ
macro definitions ⓘ
number registers ⓘ
page layout control ⓘ
string variables ⓘ
table formatting (via tbl) ⓘ
genre document processor ⓘ
typesetting software ⓘ
influenced groff ⓘ
modern text processing systems ⓘ
inputFormat plain text source files ⓘ
inspiredBy RUNOFF NERFINISHED ⓘ
license various Unix licenses (historically proprietary) ⓘ
notableMacroPackage -man ⓘ
-mdoc ⓘ
-me ⓘ
-mm ⓘ
-ms NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableUser AT&T Bell Labs NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatingSystem Unix NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Unix document processing tools ⓘ
predecessor roff NERFINISHED ⓘ
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
relatedSoftware groff NERFINISHED ⓘ
nroff NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsOutput PDF (via later tools) ⓘ
PostScript NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeset documents ⓘ
usedFor articles ⓘ
books ⓘ
manual pages ⓘ
technical documentation ⓘ
uses macro packages ⓘ
markup language ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GNU userland → includesComponent → troff ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU Groff
"Unix Text Processing" → relatedTo → troff ⓘ
subject surface form: Unix Text Processing