groff (software)
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| Original author(s) | James Clark |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | GNU Project |
| Initial release | June 1990 |
| Stable release | 1.23.0[1] 
/ 7 July 2023 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Type | Typesetting |
| License | 2009: GPL-3.0-or-later[a] 1992: GPL-2.0-or-later[b] 1990: GPL-1.0-or-later[c] |
| Website | gnu |
groff (text formatters, which were both developed from the original roff.
Groff contains a large number of helper programs,
pic and soelim
. There are also several macro packages included that duplicate, expand on the capabilities of, or outright replace the standard troff macro packages.
Groff development of new features is active, and is an important part of free, open source, and
man pages
, the standard form of documentation on Unix and Unix-like systems.
OpenBSD has replaced groff with mandoc in the base install, since their 4.9 release,[7] as has macOS Ventura.
History
groff is an original implementation written primarily in
UNIX systems. In 1999, Werner Lemberg and Ted Harding took over maintenance of groff.[8]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Bertrand Garrigues (7 July 2023). "Groff version 1.23.0". Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "1.20: Update GPL2 to GPL3".
- ^ "1.06: ChangeLog".
- ^ "1.02: groff.c".
- ^ Laha, Manas (17 June 2003). "An Introduction to the GNU Groff Text Processing System" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 Feb 2017.
- ^ "GNU troff (Groff) — a GNU project". www.gnu.org. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
Groff (GNU troff) is a typesetting system that reads plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted output.
- ^ Changes made between OpenBSD 4.8 and 4.9
- ^ FFII-Nachrichten 1999 Woche 20.
External links
- Official website
- groff mailing list archive (searchable)
- Groff Forum, hosted by Nabble, archiving the groff mailing list into a searchable forum (sadly none of the emails are visible today).
- troff
.org gives background and examples of troff, including the GNU roff implementation. - Home page of mom macros