TROFF File Format

The TROFF file format is a text file format with markup in TROFF.

The TROFF system is a documentation preparation system that can generate many different output files from an input file with standard markup. Gnumeric produces a file that can be used as input to the TROFF system or its GNU project replacement, GROFF.

The support for this format is mostly intended to produce simple tables into a file which can be used in the TROFF system. Since Gnumeric supports full output to Postscript and PDF file formats, those formats should be used to generate graphics for plots and drawing elements.

Name:	TROFF
Extensions:	.me
Compatible Programs:	TROFF, GROFF
Import / Export:	Export only

Limitations

Plugin

Supported by the 'HTML & TeX' plugin.

Format Details

Further Processing

Two examples of the TROFF system will illustrate how to use this file format. Both examples start with a simple worksheet which consists of a simple grid of cells with cell contents, which has been used to create a file called "myfile.me" in the TROFF file format.

A table in postscript file format can be created starting from the file generated by Gnumeric. The command

groff -me -t -Tps myfile.memyfile.ps

will create a postscript file of the corresponding table. Note, however, that Gnumeric itself can make a Postscript file of the table directly through the printing system.

A table in postscript file format can be created starting from the file generated by Gnumeric. The command

groff -me -t -Tascii myfile.memyfile.ascii

creates an ascii (straight text) file. This file will look like:





Sheet 0


+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|          | Operating System |             |            |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|          |       DOS        |    Linux    |    SCO     |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|  January | $1000.00         | $900.00     | $500.00    |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
| February | $900.00          | $2500.00    | $300.00    |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|    March | $800.00          | $4100.00    | $100.00    |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|    April | $700.00          | $5700.00    | ($100.00)  |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|      May | $600.00          | $7300.00    | ($300.00)  |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|     June | $500.00          | $8900.00    | ($500.00)  |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|     July | $400.00          | $10500.00   | ($700.00)  |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|   August | $300.00          | $12100.00   | ($900.00)  |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|September | $200.00          | $13700.00   | ($1100.00) |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|  October | $100.00          | $15300.00   | ($1300.00) |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
| November | $0.00            | $16900.00   | ($1500.00) |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
| December | ($100.00)        | $18500.00   | ($1700.00) |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|          |                  |             |            |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|  Totals: | $5400.00         | $116400.00  | ($7200.00) |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+
|          |                  |             |            |   |
+----------+------------------+-------------+------------+---+

















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