roff2dvi(1)

💖 roff2dvi — the manual page, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, so this is roff2dvi(1), a little General Commands Manual situation, and it's genuinely so useful. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

roff2dvi — transforms roff code into dvi mode 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

roff2dvi [groffer-option ...] [--] [filespec ...]

roff2dvi -h
roff2dvi --help

roff2dvi -v
roff2dvi --version

so the tea here ☕: the options -v and --version print the version information of the program to standard output and exit. literally just that, then she's gone.

and the options -h and --help print a usage information of the program to standard output and stop the program instantly. like, instantly instantly. no lingering. 💀

every other option? assumed to be groffer options, no cap. they get internally passed to groffer. they override the behavior of the program. and the options are optional — you can just omit them, it's not that deep 🫶

the filespec arguments correspond to the filespec arguments of groffer. so they're either:

• the names of existing, readable files, or
• - for standard input, or
• the name of a man page or a groffer(1) man page search pattern 📄

if no filespec is specified, standard input is assumed automatically. queen behavior honestly 👑

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

roff2dvi transforms roff code into dvi mode. print the result to standard output. that's the whole vibe. ✨

there are more of these programs for generating other formats of roff input, and honestly the friend group is iconic:

• roff2html(1) — generates HTML output.
• roff2pdf(1) — outputs pdf mode.
• roff2ps(1) — prints PostScript format to standard output.
• roff2text(1) — generates text output in the groff device latin1.
• roff2x(1) — prints the output in the groff device X that is suitable for programs like gxditview(1) or xditview(1).

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

roff2dvi was written by Bernd Warken. giving main character energy fr fr 💜

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

groff(1), groffer(1), roff2html(1), roff2pdf(1), roff2ps(1), roff2text(1), roff2x(1), gxditview(1).

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and that's the page, bestie!! this one is from groff 1.22.4, dated 23 March 2022 — slay, periodt, go generate some dvi 💖✨🎀