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This is groff, produced by makeinfo version 4.6 from ./groff.texinfo.

This manual documents GNU `troff' version 1.19.

   Copyright (C) 1994-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.

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     being `A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
     below.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
     `GNU Free Documentation License."

     (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: `You have freedom to copy and
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* Groff: (groff).               The GNU troff document formatting system.
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