roffbib(1)roffbib(1)Nameroffbib - run off bibliographic database
Syntaxroffbib [options] [file...]
Description
The command prints out all records in a bibliographic database, in bib‐
liography format rather than as footnotes or endnotes. Generally it is
used in conjunction with
sortbib database | roffbibOptions
The command accepts most of the options understood by nroff(1).
-Tterm Uses specified name as terminal type for which output is
prepared.
-x Suppresses the printing of abstracts.
If abstracts or comments are entered following the %X field key, for‐
mats them into paragraphs for an annotated bibliography. Several %X
fields may be given if several annotation paragraphs are desired.
-e Formats text with equally spaced words, justified lines, and
full resolution.
-h Uses tabs in horizontal spacing to speed output and reduce out‐
put character count. Tab characters are assumed to be every 8
nominal character widths.
-n Uses specified number (-nN) as first page to be printed.
-o Uses specified list (-olist) as only pages to be printed. A
range N-M means pages N through M. An initial -N means from the
beginning to page N. A final N- means from N to the end.
-s Stops after specified number of pages (-sn).
-m mac Specifies a user-defined set of macros with space between -m and
the macro file name. This set of macros replaces the ones
defined in /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.bib.
-V Sends output to the Versatec.
-Q Queues output for the phototypesetter.
-raN Sets named register a to specified value N.
Four command-line registers control formatting style of the bibliogra‐
phy, much like the number registers of ms(7). The command-line argu‐
ment -rN1 numbers the references starting at one (1). The flag -rV2
double spaces the bibliography, while -rV1 double spaces references but
single spaces annotation paragraphs. The line length can be changed
from the default 6.5 inches to 6 inches with the -rL6i argument, and
the page offset can be set from the default of 0 to one inch by speci‐
fying -rO1i (capital O, not zero). Note: with the -V and -Q flags the
default page offset is already one inch.
Files
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.bib file of macros used by nroff/troff
See Alsoaddbib(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1), sortbib(1)roffbib(1)