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This is the GNU groff document formatting system. The version number
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is given in the file VERSION.
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Included in this release are implementations of troff, pic, eqn, tbl,
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grn, refer, -man, -mdoc, and -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript, TeX
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dvi format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, Canon CAPSL printers, HTML format
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(still alpha), and typewriter-like devices. Also included is a modified
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version of the Berkeley -me macros, an enhanced version of the X11
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xditview previewer, and an implementation of the -mm macros contributed
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by Joergen Haegg (jh@axis.se).
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See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. You will require a
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C++ compiler.
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The file NEWS describes recent user-visible changes to groff.
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Groff is free software. See the file COPYING for copying permission.
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The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been encountered
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in compiling, installing, and running groff.
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For the moment, the documentation assumes that you are already familiar
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with the Unix versions of troff, -man, -ms, and the preprocessors.
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The most recent released version of groff is always available by
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anonymous ftp from ftp.gnu.org in the directory pub/gnu/groff.
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A CVS repository is now available, containing the current development
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version of groff. You can access it with the commands
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export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.ffii.org:/var/cvs
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cvs login
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cvs -z9 co groff
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(if the prompt for the password appears, just press the enter key).
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After a successful login you no longer need the first two commands; an
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update of a checked out repository should be done with
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cvs -z9 update -dP
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Please read the info pages of cvs for further details.
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Alternatively, you can download snapshots (which are updated twice a
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day) from
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ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-current.tar.gz
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or a diff file relative to the latest official groff release as
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ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-<version>-current.diff.gz
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Assuming that groff-<version>.tar.gz and
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groff-<version>-current.diff.gz are in the same directory, do the
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following to apply the diff file:
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tar xzvf groff-<version>.tar.gz
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cd groff-<version>
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gunzip -c ../groff-<version>-current.diff.gz | patch -p1
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Please report bugs using the form in the file BUG-REPORT; the idea of
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this is to make sure that FSF has all the information it needs to fix
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the bug. At the very least, read the BUG-REPORT form and make sure
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that you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are
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not sure that something is a bug, report it using BUG-REPORT: this will
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enable us to determine whether it really is a bug or not.
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Three mailing lists are available:
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bug-groff@gnu.org for reporting bugs
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groff@gnu.org for general discussion of groff
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groff-commit@ffii.org a read-only list showing logs of
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commitments to the CVS repository
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Note that groff@gnu.org is an alias for groff@ffii.org; you must be
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subscribed to the `groff' and `groff-commit' lists to send mails.
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To subscribe, send a mail to <list>-request@<domain> (example:
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groff-request@ffii.org) with the word `subscribe' in either the subject
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or body of the email (don't include the quotes).
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GNU groff was written by James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>. It is now
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maintained by Ted Harding <ted.harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> and Werner
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Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>.
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