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roffbib(1B)

format and print a bibliographic database

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

roffbib - format and print a bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS

/usr/ucb/roffbib [ -e ] [ -h ] [ -Q ] [ -x ] [ -m filename ]
     [ -np ] [ -olist ]
        [ -raN ] [ -sN ] [ -Tterm ] [ filename ] ...

DESCRIPTION

The roffbib command prints out all records in a bibliographic database, in bibliography format rather than as footnotes or endnotes. Generally it is used in conjunction with sortbib(1):

example% sortbib  database | roffbib  If  abstracts  or
comments  are  entered  following  the  %X  field  key,
roffbib will format them into paragraphs for  an  anno-
tated  bibliography.  Several %X fields may be given if
several annotation  paragraphs  are  desired.   roffbib
accepts  all  options  understood by nroff(1) except -i
and -q, as well as those listed below:

-e Produce equally-spaced words in adjusted lines using full terminal resolution.

-h Use output tabs during horizontal spacing to speed output and reduce output character count. TAB settings are assumed to be every 8 nominal character widths.

-Q Queue output for the phototypesetter. Page offset is set to 1 inch.

-x Suppress printing of abstracts.

-m filename

Prepend the macro file /usr/ucblib/doctools/tmac/tmac.name to the input files. There should be a space between the -m and the macro filename. This set of macros will replace the ones defined in /usr/ucblib/doctools/tmac/tmac.bib.

-np  Number first generated page p.

-olist

Print only page numbers that appear in the comma-separated list of numbers and ranges. A range N-M means pages N through M; an initial -N means from the beginning to page N; a final N- means from page N to end.

-raN Set register a (one-character) to N.  The  command-line
     argument -rN1 will number the references starting at 1.

Four command-line registers control formatting style of the bibliography, much like the number registers of ms(7). The flag -rV2 will double space the bibliography, while -rV1 will double space references but single space 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 specifying -rO1i (capital O, not zero).

-sN Halt prior to every N pages for paper loading or changing (default N=1). To resume, enter NEWLINE or RETURN.

-Tterm

Specify term as the terminal type.

FILES

/usr/ucblib/doctools/tmac/tmac.bib

                         file of macros used by nroff/troff

NOTES