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| xmlroffxmlroff — XSL formatter | 
xmlroff  [-o output-file] [--format
       { auto  |   pdf  |   postscript }
    ] [--backend  { gp  |   cairo }
    ] [--continue] [ -?  |   --help ] [ --compat  |   --nocompat ] [--compat-stylesheet] [ --valid  |   --novalid ] [ -v  |   --version ] [-w warning-mode] [-d debug-mode]  file  [
      stylesheet
    ]
xmlroff is a free, fast and high-quality XSL formatter that is useful for DocBook formatting. It produces PDF or PostScript output. It integrates easily with other programs and with scripting languages.
xmlroff processes the XML-FO file.
  An arbitrary XML file can optionally be first transformed via a specified XSLT
  stylesheet.
| -v | Show version information. | 
| -?,--help | Show help message. | 
| -ooutput-file | Specify output filename. If this option is not specified,
        a default of  | 
| -ddebug-mode | Specify debug mode. | 
| -wwarning-mode | Specify warning mode. | 
| --format  { auto  |   pdf  |   postscript } | Specify format of the output file. The default is auto which selects the format based on the extension of the output filename. | 
| --backend{ gp  |   cairo } | Specify backend used to produce the output file. The default is GNOME print (gp). | 
| --compat,--nocompat | Do or do not pre-processes the input file with an internal
	compatibility stylesheet.  Default is  | 
| --compat-stylesheet | Prints the internal compatibility stylesheet then exits. | 
| --continue | Continue after any formatting errors. | 
| --valid,--novalid | Do or do not load the DTD.  Default is  |