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System Name: groff-pdfmark
Name: PDF publishing add-on for GNU roff
Group Type: non-GNU software and documentation

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The groff-pdfmark package provides a suite of GNU roff macro packages, together with a Bourne shell driver script, designed to facilitate the creation of PDF files, using GNU roff as the primary typesetting engine.  The suite comprises:--

  • The pdfmark.tmac macro package.  This is a GNU roff macro package, providing for the insertion of PDF markup into the GNU roff postscript output data stream, with particular emphasis on  the creation of active reference links to locations within the document, to locations within other PDF documents, or to internet URL resources.
  • The supporting pdfroff driver program.  This is a Bourne shell script, which invokes GNU roff as required, to properly interpret the markup inserted by pdfmark.tmac, and ultimately process the GNU roff postscript output data stream through the Ghostscript interpreter, to produce a finished PDF document file.
  • Several supplementary macro packages, also in GNU roff .tmac format, which facilitate the operation of pdfroff, and the implementation of the pdfmark.tmac macros, whilst also providing potential utility beyond the immediate groff-pdfmark context.
  • An autonomously generated user guide, in PDF format; this remains under active development.
  • Documentation for the pdfroff program, and for each of the provided macro packages, in Unix manual page format.

Registration Date: Wed 16 Apr 2025 07:29:23 PM UTC
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable

 


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