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"Groff (GNU troff) is a typesetting system that reads plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted output. Output may be PostScript or PDF, html, or ASCII/UTF-8 for display at the terminal. Present on most Unix systems owing to its long association with Unix manuals (manpages), groff is capable of producing typographically sophisticated documents while consuming only minimal system resources."
-- from GNU

(link: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/)

Feel free to ask questions about the roff family and its many macros! Interested in learning more? Type man groff or info groff into your terminal to read the documentation. A good macro to start with is the ms macro!

Note: you may have to install groff using your package manager for its full capabilities, as many GNU/Linux distributions only ship with the base package used in manpages.

Related lemmys:

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Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
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"Groff (GNU troff) is a typesetting system that reads plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted output. Output may be PostScript or PDF, html, or ASCII/UTF-8 for display at the terminal. Present on most Unix systems owing to its long association with Unix manuals (manpages), groff is capable of producing typographically sophisticated documents while consuming only minimal system resources."
-- from GNU

(link: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/)

Feel free to ask questions about the roff family and its many macros! Interested in learning more? Type man groff or info groff into your terminal to read the documentation. A good macro to start with is the ms macro!

Note: you may have to install groff using your package manager for its full capabilities, as many GNU/Linux distributions only ship with the base package used in manpages.

Related lemmys:

https://lemmy.ml/c/latex

Icon: John A Prior Health Sciences Library Mural Typesetter

(link: )

Banner: Metal movable type

(link: )

Icon Attribution: Ehschnell at English Wikipedia

Banner Attribution: Willi Heidelbach

Icon & Banner License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

(link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)

"Groff (GNU troff) is a typesetting system that reads plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted output. Output may be PostScript or PDF, html, or ASCII/UTF-8 for display at the terminal. Present on most Unix systems owing to its long association with Unix manuals (manpages), groff is capable of producing typographically sophisticated documents while consuming only minimal system resources."
-- from GNU

(link: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/)

Feel free to ask questions about the roff family and its many macros! Interested in learning more? Type man groff or info groff into your terminal to read the documentation. A good macro to start with is the ms macro!

Note: you may have to install groff using your package manager for its full capabilities, as many GNU/Linux distributions only ship with the base package used in manpages.

Related lemmys:

https://lemmy.ml/c/latex

Icon: John A Prior Health Sciences Library Mural Typesetter

(link: )

Banner: Metal movable type

(link: )

Icon Attribution: Ehschnell at English Wikipedia

Banner Attribution: Willi Heidelbach

Icon & Banner License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

(link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

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