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5 GNU troff Reference

This chapter covers all of the facilities of the GNU troff formatting program. Users of macro packages may skip it if not interested in details.

• Text  
• Page Geometry  
• Measurements  
• Numeric Expressions  
• Identifiers  
• Formatter Instructions  
• Comments  
• Registers  
• Manipulating Filling and Adjustment  
• Manipulating Hyphenation  
• Manipulating Spacing  
• Tabs and Fields  
• Character Translations  
• troff and nroff Modes  
• Line Layout  
• Line Continuation  
• Page Layout  
• Page Control  
• Using Fonts  
• Manipulating Type Size and Vertical Spacing  
• Colors  
• Strings  
• Conditionals and Loops  
• Writing Macros  
• Page Motions  
• Output Line Annotation  
• Drawing Geometric Objects  
• Deferring Output  
• Traps  
• Diversions  
• Punning Names  
• Environments  
• Suppressing Output  
• Host System Service Access  
• Postprocessor Access  
• Miscellaneous  
• GNU troff Internals  
• Debugging  
• Implementation Differences  

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