format -T nroff file | qroff [-b <sgml bibliography>] format -T grops file | qroff -p [-b <sgml bibliography>] | lpr
qroff is a greatly simplified front end to groff and
grefer. Its primary purpose is to generate formatted ASCII
versions of qwertz SGML documents suitable, e.g., for electronic
messages. However, it may also be used as an alternative to LaTeX
for printing the document. Some may prefer groff's layout style.
(Unfortunately, groff does not support cross-references, so if
you use these, you will need to LaTeX.)
qroff only reads from the standard input; it is designed to be
used in a pipe, as in the examples in the synopsis, above.
-helpIf this is the only option, a short message listing all the options available, and their purpose, is printed to the standard out.
-pCreate a PostScript file, instead of ASCII.
-b <sgml bibliography>If the document contains a list of references, you will need to use
this option to provide the name of the file containing the
bibliography, which must be in the format defined in the biblo
document type definition. See also biblio (1).
grefer(1), gtbl(1), geqn(1), groff(1), biblio(1)