Parts of the groff formatting system that require Perl
http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
The groff-perl package contains the parts of the groff text processor
package that require Perl. These include the afmtodit (font processor
for creating PostScript font files), groffer (tool for displaying groff
files), grog (utility that can be used to automatically determine groff
command-line options), chem (groff preprocessor for producing chemical
structure diagrams), mmroff (reference preprocessor) and roff2dvi
roff2html roff2pdf roff2ps roff2text roff2x (roff code converters).
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| afmtodit | create font files for use with groff -Tps and -Tpdf |
| chem | groff preprocessor for producing chemical structure diagrams |
| glilypond | integrate lilypond parts into groff |
| gperl | groff preprocessor for Perl parts in roff files |
| gpinyin | Chinese European-like writing within groff |
| groffer | display groff files and man pages on X and tty |
| grog | guess options for a following groff command |
| gropdf | PDF driver for groff |
| mmroff | cross reference preprocessor |
| pdfmom | Produce PDF documents using the mom macro set |
| roff2dvi | transform roff code into dvi mode |
| roff2html | transform roff code into html mode |
| roff2pdf | transform roff code into pdf mode |
| roff2ps | transform roff code into ps mode |
| roff2text | transform roff code into text mode |
| roff2x | transform roff code into x mode |