SOELIM(1) SOELIM(1) NAME soelim−interpret.sorequestsingroffinput SYNOPSIS soelim[−Crtv][−Idir][files...] Itispossibletohavewhitespacebetweenthe−Icommandlineoptionanditsparameter. DESCRIPTION soelimreadsfilesandreplaceslinesoftheform .sofile bythecontentsoffile.Itisusefuliffilesincludedwithsoneedtobepreprocessed.Normally, soelimshouldbeinvokedwiththe−soptionofgroff. Notethattheremustbenowhitespacebetweentheleadingdotandthetwocharacters‘s’and‘o’. Otherwise,onlygroffinterpretsthe.sorequest(andsoelimignoresit). OPTIONS −C Recognize.soevenwhenfollowedbyacharacterotherthanspaceornewline. −Idir Thisoptionmaybeusedtospecifyadirectorytosearchforfiles(boththoseonthecommandlineandthosenamedin.sorequests).Thecurrentdirectoryisalwayssearched first.Thisoptionmaybespecifiedmorethanonce,thedirectorieswillbesearchedinthe orderspecified.Nodirectorysearchisperformedforfilesspecifiedusinganabsolutepath. −r Donotadd.lfrequests(forgeneraluse,withnon-grofffiles). −t Don’temit.lfrequestsbutTeXcommentlines(startingwith‘%’)givingthecurrentfile andlinenumber. −v Printtheversionnumber. USAGE Thenormalprocessingsequenceofgroffisthis: input file preprocessor troff sourced file postprocessor output file Thatis,filessourcedwith.soarenormallyreadonlybytroff(theactualformatter).soelimis notrequiredfortrofftosourcefiles. Ifafiletobesourcedshouldalsobepreprocessed,itmustalreadybereadbeforetheinputfile passesthroughthepreprocessor.Thisishandledbysoelim: GroffVersion1.19.3 7August2004 1 SOELIM(1) SOELIM(1) input file soelim sourced file preprocessor troff postprocessor output file SEEALSO groff(1) GroffVersion1.19.3 7August2004 2