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1 .TH DOCTYPE 1
2 .SH NAME
3 doctype \- intuit command line for formatting a document
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B doctype
6 [
7 .B -n
8 ]
9 [
10 .B -T
11 .I dev
12 ]
13 [
14 .I file
15 ]
16 \&...
17 .SH DESCRIPTION
18 .I Doctype
19 examines a
20 .MR troff (1)
21 input file to deduce the appropriate text formatting command
22 and prints it on standard output.
23 .I Doctype
24 recognizes input for
25 .MR troff (1) ,
26 related preprocessors like
27 .MR eqn (1) ,
28 and the
29 .MR ms (7)
30 and
31 .I mm
32 macro packages.
33 .PP
34 Option
35 .B -n
36 invokes
37 .I nroff
38 instead of
39 .IR troff .
40 The
41 .B -T
42 option is passed to
43 .IR troff .
44 .SH EXAMPLES
45 .TP
46 .L
47 eval `{doctype chapter.?} | lp
48 Typeset files named
49 .BR chapter.0 ,
50 .BR chapter.1 ,
51 \&...
52 .SH SOURCE
53 .B \*9/bin/doctype
54 .SH SEE ALSO
55 .IR troff (1),
56 .IR eqn (1),
57 .IR tbl (1),
58 .IR pic (1),
59 .MR grap (1) ,
60 .MR ms (7) ,
61 .MR man (7)
62 .SH BUGS
63 In true A.I. style, its best guesses are inspired rather than accurate.