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Typesetting language
troff, short for "typesetter roff", is the major component of a document processing system developed by Bell Labs for the Unix operating system. troff and the related nroff were both developed from the original roff. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: TroffA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Unix text processingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Typesetting APL using TROFFCited 2 times
- Go sideways: NroffA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Joe OssannaA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Unix text processingDale Dougherty, Tim O'Reilly · 1987
Unix document processing and typesettingB. Srinivasan · 1993- 📕$FTROFFLyle Nehls · 1976
Troff typesetting for UNIX systemsSandra L. Emerson · 1987- 📕UNIX NROFF/TROFFRoddy, Kevin P. · 1987
Text processing and typesetting with UnixD. W. Barron · 1987- 📕UNIX nroff/troffRoddy, Kevin P. · 1987
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🔗 Related topics
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- Refer (software) refer is a program for managing bibliographic references, and citing them in Roff documents. It is implemented as a preprocessor. refer was written by…
- Groff (software) groff (/ˈdʒiːrɒf/ JEE-roff; also called GNU troff) is a typesetting system that creates formatted output when given plain text mixed with formatting commands…
- Eqn (software) Part of the troff suite of Unix document layout tools, eqn is a preprocessor that formats equations for printing. A similar program, neqn, accepted the…
- CAT (phototypesetter) The GSI C/A/T (Computer Assisted Typesetter) is a phototypesetter developed by Graphic Systems in 1972. This phototypesetter, along with troff software…
- Roff (software) roff is a typesetting markup language. As the first Unix text-formatting computer program, it is a predecessor of the nroff and troff document processing…