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  7. <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">DITA to troff</h1>
  8. <div class="body conbody"><p class="shortdesc">The <span class="keyword option">troff</span> transformation produces output for use with the troff viewer on Unix-style
  9. platforms, particularly for programs such as the man page viewer.</p>
  10. <p class="p">Each DITA topic generally produces one troff output file. The <span class="keyword option">troff</span> transformation supports most
  11. common DITA structures, but it does not support <code class="keyword markupname xmlelement">&lt;table&gt;</code> or
  12. <code class="keyword markupname xmlelement">&lt;simpletable&gt;</code> elements. Most testing of troff output was performed using the Cygwin Linux
  13. emulator.</p>
  14. <p class="p">To run the troff transformation, set the <span class="keyword parmname">transtype</span> parameter to <span class="keyword option">troff</span>, or
  15. pass the <span class="keyword option">-format troff</span> option to the <span class="keyword cmdname">dita</span> command line.</p>
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