roff2pdf(1)

✨ NAME ✨

roff2pdf — the little glow-up machine that turns your roff code into pdf mode 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

<purple>**`-v`**</purple> and <purple>**`--version`**</purple> print the version info of the program to <cyan>standard output</cyan> and then exit, bye bestie 👋

<purple>**`-h`**</purple> and <purple>**`--help`**</purple> print a usage information of the program to <cyan>standard output</cyan> and stop the program **instantly**, like no hesitation, periodt 💅

Every other option is assumed to be a <hotpink>**groffer**</hotpink> option. They get internally passed to <hotpink>`groffer`</hotpink>, and they override the behavior of the program. These options are optional, so you can literally just omit them, no biggie 🎀

The <lavender>*filespec*</lavender> arguments line up with the <lavender>*filespec*</lavender> arguments of <hotpink>`groffer`</hotpink>. So they're either the names of existing, readable files, or `-` for <cyan>standard input</cyan>, or the name of a man page, or a <hotpink>`groffer(1)`</hotpink> man page search pattern. And if you don't specify any <lavender>*filespec*</lavender> at all? <cyan>standard input</cyan> is assumed automatically, the program just gets it 😌

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# 💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

<pink>`roff2pdf`</pink> transforms roff code into **pdf mode**, and prints the result to <cyan>standard output</cyan>. That's the whole vibe. Iconic honestly 🌈

There are more of these programs for generating other formats of roff input, a whole squad fr fr:

- <purple>`roff2dvi(1)`</purple> — is for **dvi mode**.
- <purple>`roff2html(1)`</purple> — generates **HTML** output.
- <purple>`roff2ps(1)`</purple> — prints **PostScript** format to <cyan>standard output</cyan>.
- <purple>`roff2text(1)`</purple> — generates **text** output in the groff device <lavender>`latin1`</lavender>.
- <purple>`roff2x(1)`</purple> — prints the output in the groff device <lavender>`X`</lavender> that is suitable for programs like <hotpink>`gxditview(1)`</hotpink> or <hotpink>`xditview(1)`</hotpink>.

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# 👑 AUTHORS 👑

<pink>`roff2pdf`</pink> was written by **Bernd Warken**. Shoutout to the legend 🫶

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# 🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

<cyan>`groff(1)`</cyan>, <cyan>`groffer(1)`</cyan>, <cyan>`roff2dvi(1)`</cyan>, <cyan>`roff2html(1)`</cyan>, <cyan>`roff2ps(1)`</cyan>, <cyan>`roff2text(1)`</cyan>, <cyan>`roff2x(1)`</cyan>, <cyan>`gxditview(1)`</cyan>.

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<purple>And that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this one's living in <rainbow>**groff 1.22.4**</rainbow>, dated **23 March 2022** — old enough to be iconic, still serving ✨ stay hydrated, go make some pdfs 🍓🧚</purple>