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 command 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 itself 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                                       4 May 2025                                          pdfmom(1)