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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400 |
| commit | 97d5c458cfa039d857301e1ca7d5af3beb37131d (patch) | |
| tree | b460cd850d0537eb71806ba30358840377b27688 /static/unix-v10/man1/wwb.1 | |
| parent | b89dc2331a50c63f8b33272a5c4c61ab98abdaa3 (diff) | |
build: Better Build System
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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man1/wwb.1 b/static/unix-v10/man1/wwb.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..709df821 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man1/wwb.1 @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +.TH WWB 1 +.CT 1 writing_aids +.SH NAME +wwb, style, diction, punct \- writer's workbench +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B wwb style +[ +.I option ... +] +.I file ... +.PP +.B wwb diction +[ +.I option ... +] +.I file ... +.PP +.B wwb suggest +.PP +.B wwb punct +.I file ... +.PP +.B wwb wwb +[ +.B -ms +] +[ +.B -mm +] +.I file ... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Wwb +controls many subprograms documented in +the references. +For the full treatment use +.LR "wwb wwb" , +but for quick use the following +subprograms are recommended. +.PP +.I Style +reports on readability, sentence length and +structure, word length and usage, verb type, and sentence openers +in the named documents. +Options peculiar to +.I style +are +.nr xx \w'\f5-p \fIpfile ' +.TP \n(xxu +.B -a +Print all sentences with their length and readability index. +.TP +.B -e +Print all sentences that begin with an expletive. +.TP +.B -p +Print all sentences that contain a passive verb. +.TP +.BI -l " num +Print all sentences longer than +.IR num . +.TP +.BI -r " num +Print all sentences whose readability index is greater than +.IR num . +.TP +.B -P +Print parts of speech of the words in the document. +.PP +.I Diction +prints all sentences that contain phrases +from a list of bad or verbose word patterns. +Options peculiar to +.I diction +are +.TP \n(xxu +.BI -p " pfile +Use an additional private pattern file. +.TP +.B -n +Skip the standard pattern file. +.PP +.I Suggest +reads, from the standard input, phrases deprecated by +.I diction +and proposes alternatives. +.PP +.I Punct +reports sentences that appear to violate standard punctuation +rules or that contain doubled words. +.PP +.I Style, +.I diction, +and +.I wwb +expect documents prepared for +.IR troff (1) +with the +.IR ms (6) +macro package and the preprocessors +.I "pic, ideal, grap, eqn, refer," +and +.IR tbl (1). +Two options override: +.TP \n(xxu +.B -mm +The document uses the +.B -mm +macro package. +.TP +.B -ml +The document uses the +.B -mm +macro package. +All +.IR mm -style +lists should be skipped (to avoid attempting to +parse nonsentences). +.SH FILES +.F /usr/bin/WWB/* +.br +.F /usr/lib/style/* +.SH "SEE ALSO" +Directories +.F /n/bowell/usr/src/man/manw +and +.F /usr/spool/man/manw +contain manual pages for further +.I wwb +subcommands; to print them, execute +.LR "man proofr" . +.br +.I +Unix System V Writer's Workbench Software Release 2.0 +.I Documentation Set, +AT&T Select Code 302-949 +.br +.IR deroff (1), +.IR spell (1) +.SH BUGS +Use of non-standard formatting macros causes +incorrect sentence breaks. +.br +Imperative sentences cannot be recognized. |
