I've brought in and modified a roff so that it should be translatable into B.

I've started work on writing the man pages in this version of roff.

man/cat.1

@@ -1,28 +1,35 @@
-        11/3/70                                                      CAT (I)
+.oh '11/3/70''CAT(I)'
-
+.ta 18 21
-
 NAME	cat -- concatenate and print
-
+.sp
-SYNOPSIS          cat file1 ...
+SYNOPSIS	
-
+.ul
-DESCRIPTION       cat reads each file in sequence and writes it on the
+cat
-                  standard output stream. Thus:
+file1 ...
-
+.sp
+DESCRIPTION	
+.ul
+cat
+reads each file in sequence and writes it on
+	the standard output stream. Thus:
+.sp
+.ul
 		cat file
-
+.sp
 	is about the easiest way to print a file. Also:
-
+.sp
+.ul
 		cat filel file2 >file3
-
+.sp
 	is about the easiest way to concatenate files.
-
+.sp
-FILES
+FILES	--
-
+.sp
 SEE ALSO	pr, cp
-
+.sp
-DIAGNOSTICS       If a file cannot be found it is ignored. If no files are
+DIAGNOSTICS	If a file cannot be found it is ignored. If no
-		  given, "no files" is output.
+	files are given, "no files" is output.
-
+.sp
-BUGS
+BUGS	--
-
+.sp
 OWNER	ken, dmr

man/chmod.1

@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
-        11/3/70                                                    CHMOD (I)
+.oh '11/3/70''CHMOD(I)'
-
+.ta 18 21
-
 NAME	chmod -- change mode
-
+.sp
-SYNOPSIS          chmod octal file1 file2 file3 ...
+SYNOPSIS	
-
+.ul
-DESCRIPTION       The octal mode replaces the mode of each of the files. The
+chmod
-                  mode is constructed from the OR of the following modes:
+octal file1 file2 file3 ...
-
+.sp
+DESCRIPTION	The octal mode replaces the mode of each of the
+	files. The mode is constructed from the OR of
+	the following modes:
+.sp
 		01 write for non--owner
 		02 read for non--owner
 		04 write for owner
 		10 read for owner
 		20 executable
 		40 set--UID
-
+.sp
 		Only the owner of a file may change its mode.
-
+.sp
-FILES
+FILES	--
-
+.sp
 SEE ALSO	stat, ls
-
+.sp
-DIAGNOSTICS
+DIAGNOSTICS	--
-
+.sp
-BUGS
+BUGS	--
-
+.sp
 OWNER	ken, dmr

man/chown.1

@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
-11/3/70                                                          CHOWN (I)
+.oh '11/3/70''CHOWN(I)'
-
+.ta 18 21
-
 NAME	chown -- change owner
-
+.sp
-SYNOPSIS      chown owner file
+SYNOPSIS	
-
+.ul
-DESCRIPTION   owner becomes the new owner of the files. The owner is an
+chown
-              octal UID.
+owner file
-
+.sp
-              Only the owner of a file is allowed to change the owner.
+DESCRIPTION	
-
+.ul
-FILES 
+owner
-
+becomes the new owner of the files. The
+	owner is an octal UID.
+.sp
+	Only the owner of a file is allowed to change
+	the owner.
+.sp
+FILES	--
+.sp
 SEE ALSO	stat
-
+.sp
-DIAGNOSTICS
+DIAGNOSTICS	?
-
+.sp
-BUGS
+BUGS	--
-
+.sp
 OWNER	ken, dmr