4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat1/roffbib.0

ROFFBIB(1)                                                          ROFFBIB(1)


NAME
       roffbib - run off bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS
       roffbib  [  -e ] [ -h ] [ -n ] [ -o ] [ -r ] [ -s ] [ -Tterm ] [ -x ] [
       -m mac ] [ -V ] [ -Q ] [ file ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       Roffbib prints out all records in a bibliographic database, in bibliog‐
       raphy  format  rather  than  as footnotes or endnotes.  Generally it is
       used in conjunction with sortbib:

              sortbib  database | roffbib

       Roffbib accepts most of the options understood by nroff(1), most impor‐
       tantly the -T flag to specify terminal type.

       If  abstracts or comments are entered following the %X field key, roff���
       bib will format them into paragraphs  for  an  annotated  bibliography.
       Several  %X  fields  may  be given if several annotation paragraphs are
       desired.  The -x flag will suppress the printing of these abstracts.

       A user-defined set of macros may be  specified  after  the  -m  option.
       There  should  be  a space between the -m and the macro filename.  This
       set of macros will replace the ones defined in  /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.bib.
       The  -V  flag  will send output to the Versatec; the -Q flag will queue
       output for the phototypesetter.

       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 will number the references starting at  one  (1).   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 argu‐
       ment, and the page offset can be set from the default of 0 to one  inch
       by  specifying  -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 ALSO
       refer(1), addbib(1), sortbib(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1)

BUGS
       Users have to rewrite macros to create customized formats.


4.2 Berkeley Distribution         May 7, 1986                       ROFFBIB(1)