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pdfmom(1)                General Commands Manual                pdfmom(1)

Name         top

       pdfmom - produce PDF documents using the mom macro package for
       groff

Synopsis         top

       pdfmom [-Tpdf] [groff-options] [file ...]

       pdfmom -Tps [pdfroff-options] [groff-options] [file ...]

       pdfmom -v
       pdfmom --version

Description         top

       pdfmom is a wrapper around groff(1) that facilitates the
       production of PDF documents from files formatted with the mom
       macros.

       pdfmom prints to the standard output, so output must usually be
       redirected to a destination file.  The size of the final PDF can
       be reduced by piping the output through ps2pdf(1).

       If called with the -Tpdf option (which is the default), pdfmom
       processes files using groff's native PDF driver, gropdf(1).  If
       -Tps is given, processing is passed over to pdfroff, which uses
       groff's PostScript driver.  In either case, multiple runs of the
       source file are performed in order to satisfy any forward
       references in the document.

       pdfmom accepts all the same options as groff.  If -Tps is given,
       the options associated with pdfroff are accepted as well.  When
       pdfmom calls pdfroff, the options “-mpdfmark -mom --no-toc”
       options are implied and should not be given on the command line.
       Equally, it is not necessary to supply the -mom or -m mom options
       when -Tps is absent.

       PDF integration with the mom macros is discussed in full in the
       manual “Producing PDFs with groff and mom”, which was itself
       produced with pdfmom.

       If called with the -v or --version options, pdfmom displays its
       version information and exits.

Authors         top

       pdfmom was written by Deri James ⟨deri@chuzzlewit.myzen.co.uk⟩ and
       Peter Schaffter ⟨peter@schaffter.ca⟩, and is maintained by James.

See also         top

       /usr/local/share/doc/groff-1.23.0/pdf/mom-pdf.pdf
              “Producing PDFs with groff and mom”, by Deri James and
              Peter Schaffter.  This file, together with its source,
              mom-pdf.mom, is part of the groff distribution.

       groff(1), gropdf(1), pdfroff(1), ps2pdf(1)

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groff 1.23.0                   2 July 2023                      pdfmom(1)

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