pdfmom(1)                                            General Commands Manual                                            pdfmom(1)

Name
       pdfmom - produce PDF documents using the mom macro package for groff

Synopsis
       pdfmom [-Tpdf] [groff-options] [file ...]

       pdfmom -Tps [pdfroff-options] [groff-options] [file ...]

       pdfmom -v
       pdfmom --version

Description
       pdfmom  is  a  wrapper  around groff(1) that facilitates the production of PDF documents from files formatted with the mom
       macros.

       pdfmom prints to the standard output, so output must usually be redirected to a destination file.  The size of  the  final
       PDF can be reduced by piping the output through ps2pdf(1).

       If called with the -Tpdf option (which is the default), pdfmom processes files using groff's native PDF driver, gropdf(1).
       If  -Tps  is  given, processing is passed over to pdfroff, which uses groff's PostScript driver.  In either case, multiple
       runs of the source file are performed in order to satisfy any forward references in the document.

       pdfmom accepts all the same options as groff.  If -Tps is given, the options associated with pdfroff are accepted as well.
       When pdfmom calls pdfroff, the options “-mpdfmark -mom --no-toc” options are implied and should not be given on  the  com‐
       mand line.  Equally, it is not necessary to supply the -mom or -m mom options when -Tps is absent.

       PDF  integration with the mom macros is discussed in full in the manual “Producing PDFs with groff and mom”, which was it‐
       self produced with pdfmom.

       If called with the -v or --version options, pdfmom displays its version information and exits.

Authors
       pdfmom was written by Deri James and Peter Schaffter, and is maintained by James.

See also
       /usr/share/doc/groff-base/pdf/mom-pdf.pdf
              “Producing PDFs with groff and mom”, by Deri James and Peter Schaffter.   This  file,  together  with  its  source,
              mom-pdf.mom, is part of the groff distribution.

       groff(1), gropdf(1), pdfroff(1), ps2pdf(1)

groff 1.23.0                                              31 March 2024                                                 pdfmom(1)