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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, 5refer, the -man macros and the -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript, 6TeX dvi format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, and typewriter-like devices. 7Also included is a modified version of the Berkeley -me macros, an 8enhanced version of the X11 xditview previewer, and an implementation 9of the -mm macros contributed by Joergen Haegg (jh@efd.lth.se). 10 11See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. You will require 12a C++ compiler. 13 14The file NEWS describes recent user-visible changes to groff. 15 16Groff is free software. See the file COPYING for copying permission. 17 18The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been 19encountered in compiling, installing, and running groff. 20 21For the moment, the documentation assumes that you are already 22familiar with the Unix versions of troff, -man, -ms and the 23preprocessors. 24 25The most recent released version of groff is always available by 26anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu in the directory pub/gnu. 27 28Please report bugs using the form in the file BUG-REPORT; the idea of 29this is to make sure that I have all the information I need to fix the 30bug. At the very least, read the BUG-REPORT form and make sure that 31you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are not 32sure that something is a bug, report it using BUG-REPORT: this will 33enable me to determine whether it really is a bug or not. 34 35James Clark 36jjc@jclark.com 37