For many years, the UNIX system documentation distributed by AT&T was created in
troff/nroff formats, which predate Groff. The documents used separate macro packages
for man pages and guide material. Using a source code control system (SCCS), AT&T ported thousands
of pages of documentation to different UNIX systems.
Creating Documents in Groff or LaTeX
You can use any text editor to create documents for both Linux??™s Groff (troff/nroff) and LaTeX styles
of publishing. Most Linux distributions come with several text editors. You always have the option
to download others from the Internet. (See the ???Choosing a Text Editor??? sidebar for more information.)
Here are the general steps for creating documents in Groff or LaTeX:
1. Create a document with any text editor. The document will contain text and markup.
2. Format the document using a formatting command that matches the style of the document
that you created (for example, with groff or latex). During this step, you may
need to indicate that the document contains special content, such as equations (eqn
command), tables (tbl command), or line drawings (pic command).
3. Send the document to an output device (a printer or a display program).
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If you are accustomed to a word processor with a GUI, you may find these publishing tools difficult
to learn at first.
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