.TH pdfmom 1 "2026-03-15" "groff 1.24.1"
.SH Name
pdfmom \- produce PDF documents using the
.I mom
macro package for
.I groff
.
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.SH Synopsis
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.SY pdfmom
.RB [ \-\-roff ]
.RB [ \-Tpdf ]
.RI [ groff-options ]
.RI [ file\~ .\|.\|.]
.YS
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.P
.SY pdfmom
.RB [ \-\-roff ]
.B \-Tps
.RI [ pdfroff-options ]
.RI [ groff-options ]
.RI [ file\~ .\|.\|.]
.YS
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.P
.SY pdfmom
.B \-v
.YS
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.SY pdfmom
.B \%\-\-version
.YS
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.SH Description
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.I pdfmom
is a wrapper around
.MR groff 1
that facilitates the production of PDF documents from files
formatted with the
.I mom
macros.
.
.
.P
If the
.B \-\-roff
option is used,
the wrapper can be used with macro packages other than
.MR groff_mom 7 .
.
This is also true if the wrapper is renamed or linked as a
pseudonym;
for example,
creating a
.I pdfms
link pointing to the
.I pdfmom
executable makes a wrapper for producing PDFs with the
.I ms
package.
.
.
.P
.I 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
.MR ps2pdf 1 .
.
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.P
If called with the
.B \-Tpdf
option (which is the default),
.I pdfmom
processes files using
.IR groff 's
native PDF driver,
.MR gropdf 1 .
.
If
.B \-Tps
is given,
processing is passed over to
.IR pdfroff ,
which uses
.IR 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.
.
.
.P
.I pdfmom
accepts all the same options as
.IR groff .
.
If
.B \-Tps
is given,
the options associated with
.I pdfroff
are accepted as well.
.
When
.I pdfmom
calls
.IR pdfroff ,
the options
.RB \[lq] "\-mpdfmark \-mom \-\-no\-toc" \[rq]
options are implied and should not be given on the command line.
.
Equally,
it is not necessary to supply the
.B \-mom
or
.B "\-m\~mom"
options when
.B \-Tps
is absent.
.
.
.P
PDF integration with the
.I mom
macros is discussed in full in the manual
\[lq]Producing PDFs with
.I groff
and
.IR mom \[rq],
which was itself produced with
.IR pdfmom .
.
.
.P
If called with the
.B \-v
or
.B \%\-\-version
options,
.I pdfmom
displays its version information and exits.
.
Using the
.B \-\-help
option displays a usage message and exits.
.
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.SH Authors
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.I pdfmom
was written by
.MT deri@\:chuzzlewit\:.myzen\:.co\:.uk
Deri James
.ME
and
.MT peter@\:schaffter\:.ca
Peter Schaffter
.ME ,
and is maintained by James.
.
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.SH "See also"
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.TP
.I /usr/\:\%share/\:\%doc/\:\%groff\-1.24.1/\:\%pdf/\:mom\-pdf.pdf
\[lq]Producing PDFs with
.I groff
and
.IR mom \[rq],
by Deri James and Peter Schaffter.
.
This file,
together with its source,
.IR mom\-pdf.mom ,
is part of the
.I groff
distribution.
.
.
.P
.MR groff 1 ,
.MR gropdf 1 ,
.MR pdfroff 1 ,
.MR ps2pdf 1
.
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