Roff notes

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Roff and variations (nroff (newer roff), troff (AT&T roff), groff (GNU roff)) are a text formatting languages.

It is mostly based on period-somethign commands (e.g. .bp for a page break), and includes some backslashed commands.

• http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
• http://tylx.tripod.com/groff-resources.html
• http://www.groff-wiki.info/
• http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/
• man groff (and variations)
• info groff (and variations)
• Google search for various roff manuals