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1This is the GNU groff document formatting system. The version number 2is given in the file VERSION. 3 4Included in this release are implementations of troff, pic, eqn, tbl, 5grn, refer, -man, -mdoc, and -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript, TeX 6dvi format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, Canon CAPSL printers, HTML format 7(still alpha), and typewriter-like devices. Also included is a modified 8version of the Berkeley -me macros, an enhanced version of the X11 9xditview previewer, and an implementation of the -mm macros contributed 10by Joergen Haegg (jh@axis.se). 11 12See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. You will require a 13C++ compiler. 14 15The file NEWS describes recent user-visible changes to groff. 16 17Groff is free software. See the file COPYING for copying permission. 18 19The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been encountered 20in compiling, installing, and running groff. 21 22For the moment, the documentation assumes that you are already familiar 23with the Unix versions of troff, -ms, and the preprocessors. 24 25The most recent released version of groff is always available by 26anonymous ftp from ftp.gnu.org in the directory pub/gnu/groff. 27 28A CVS repository is now available, containing the current development 29version of groff. You can access it with the commands 30 31 export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.ffii.org:/var/cvs 32 cvs login 33 cvs -z9 co groff 34 35(if the prompt for the password appears, just press the enter key). 36After a successful login you no longer need the first two commands; an 37update of a checked out repository should be done with 38 39 cvs -z9 update -dP 40 41Please read the info pages of cvs for further details. 42 43Alternatively, you can download snapshots (which are updated twice a 44day) from 45 46 ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-current.tar.gz 47 48or a diff file relative to the latest official groff release as 49 50 ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-<version>-current.diff.gz 51 52Assuming that groff-<version>.tar.gz and 53groff-<version>-current.diff.gz are in the same directory, do the 54following to apply the diff file: 55 56 tar xzvf groff-<version>.tar.gz 57 cd groff-<version> 58 gunzip -c ../groff-<version>-current.diff.gz | patch -p1 59 60Please report bugs using the form in the file BUG-REPORT; the idea of 61this is to make sure that FSF has all the information it needs to fix 62the bug. At the very least, read the BUG-REPORT form and make sure 63that you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are 64not sure that something is a bug, report it using BUG-REPORT: this will 65enable us to determine whether it really is a bug or not. 66 67Three mailing lists are available: 68 69 bug-groff@gnu.org for reporting bugs 70 groff@gnu.org for general discussion of groff 71 groff-commit@ffii.org a read-only list showing logs of 72 commitments to the CVS repository 73 74Note that groff@gnu.org is an alias for groff@ffii.org; you must be 75subscribed to the `groff' list to send mails. 76 77To subscribe, send a mail to <list>-request@<domain> (example: 78groff-request@ffii.org) with the word `subscribe' in either the subject 79or body of the email (don't include the quotes). 80 81GNU groff was written by James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>. It is now 82maintained by Ted Harding <ted.harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> and Werner 83Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>. 84