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ROFFBIB(1)                 BSD System Compatibility                 ROFFBIB(1)


NAME

       roffbib - run off bibliographic database


SYNOPSIS

       roffbib [-ehnorsxVQ] [-Tterm] [-mmac] [file ...]


DESCRIPTION

       Roffbib 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:

              sortbib  database | roffbib

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

       If abstracts or comments are entered following the %X field key,
       roffbib 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/ucblib/doctools/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
       bibliography, much like the number registers of ms(7).  The command-
       line argument -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 argument, 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/ucblib/doctools/tmac/bib  file of macros used by nroff/troff


SEE ALSO

       refer(1), addbib(1), sortbib(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1)


NOTES

       Users have to rewrite macros to create customized formats.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution          12/12/05                         ROFFBIB(1)

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