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commit b36dfe4da09faa6acd447548500b1e67d7ac8609
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Mar 29 17:12:14 2026 -0500
troff(1): Make more useful as a starting point.
In the "Description" section, expose the reader to all of the other
"core" groff man pages.
---
src/roff/troff/troff.1.man | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man b/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
index 3caa88438..344e19c90 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ typesetter and document formatter
.\" ====================================================================
.\"
.\" Copyright 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.\" 2020-2025 G. Branden Robinson
+.\" 2020-2026 G. Branden Robinson
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
.\"
@@ -144,6 +144,40 @@ a front end which also runs preprocessors and output
drivers in the
appropriate order and with appropriate options.
.
.
+.P
+Device-independent
+.I roff
+systems such as
+GNU
+.I troff \" GNU
+require descriptions of output devices
+and the font selections available to them;
+.MR groff_font @MAN5EXT@
+describes these.
+.
+.MR groff_char @MAN7EXT@
+enumerates the many special characters available to
+GNU
+.I troff \" GNU
+documents,
+where the output device's glyph repertoire supports them.
+.
+Authors of
+.I roff
+documents frequently compose them with the aid of macro packages;
+.MR groff_tmac @MAN5EXT@
+surveys those supplied with
+.IR groff .
+.
+.
+.P
+.MR roff @MAN7EXT@
+orients the reader to typesetting with
+GNU
+and other
+.IR roff s.
+.
+.
.\" ====================================================================
.SH Options
.\" ====================================================================
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