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6 groff_me - troff macros for formatting papers
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9 groff -me [ options ] file ...
10 groff -m me [ options ] file ...
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13 This manual page describes the GNU version of the -me macros, which is
14 part of the groff document formatting system. This version can be used
15 with both GNU troff and Unix troff. This package of troff macro defi‐
16 nitions provides a canned formatting facility for technical papers in
17 various formats.
18 The macro requests are defined below. Many troff requests are unsafe
20 in conjunction with this package, however, these requests may be used
21 with impunity after the first .pp:
22 .bp begin new page
24 .br break output line here
25 .sp n insert n spacing lines
26 .ls n (line spacing) n=1 single, n=2 double space
27 .na no alignment of right margin
28 .ce n
29 .ul n underline next n lines
30 Output of the pic, eqn, refer, and tbl preprocessors is acceptable as
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35 /usr/share/groff/1.21/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for e.tmac)
36 /usr/share/groff/1.21/tmac/e.tmac
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39 groff(1), troff(1)
40 -me Reference Manual, Eric P. Allman
41 Writing Papers with Groff Using -me
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44 This list is incomplete; see The -me Reference Manual for interesting
45 details.
46 Request Initial Causes Explanation
48 Value Break
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50 .(c - yes Begin centered block
51 .(d - no Begin delayed text
52 .(f - no Begin footnote
53 .(l - yes Begin list
54 .(q - yes Begin major quote
55 .(x x - no Begin indexed item in index
56 .(z - no Begin floating keep
57 .)c - yes End centered block
58 .)d - yes End delayed text
59 .)f - yes End footnote
60 .)l - yes End list
61 .)q - yes End major quote
62 .)x - yes End index item
63 .)z - yes End floating keep
64 .++ m H - no Define paper section. m defines the part
68 of the paper, and can be C (chapter), A
69 (appendix), P (preliminary, e.g.,
70 abstract, table of contents, etc.), B
71 (bibliography), RC (chapters renumbered
72 from page one each chapter), or RA (appen‐
73 dix renumbered from page one).
74 .+c T - yes Begin chapter (or appendix, etc., as set
75 by .++). T is the chapter title.
76 .1c 1 yes One column format on a new page.
77 .2c 1 yes Two column format.
78 .EN - yes Space after equation produced by eqn or
79 neqn.
80 .EQ x y - yes Precede equation; break out and add space.
81 Equation number is y. The optional argu‐
82 ment x may be I to indent equation
83 (default), L to left-adjust the equation,
84 or C to center the equation.
85 .GE - yes End gremlin picture.
86 .GS - yes Begin gremlin picture.
87 .PE - yes End pic picture.
88 .PS - yes Begin pic picture.
89 .TE - yes End table.
90 .TH - yes End heading section of table.
91 .TS x - yes Begin table; if x is H table has repeated
92 heading.
93 .b x no no Print x in boldface; if no argument switch
94 to boldface.
95 .ba +n 0 yes Augments the base indent by n. This
96 indent is used to set the indent on regu‐
97 lar text (like paragraphs).
98 .bc no yes Begin new column
99 .bi x no no Print x in bold italics (nofill only)
100 .bu - yes Begin bulleted paragraph
101 .bx x no no Print x in a box (nofill only).
102 .ef ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set even footer to x y z
103 .eh ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set even header to x y z
104 .fo ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set footer to x y z
105 .hx - no Suppress headers and footers on next page.
106 .he ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set header to x y z
107 .hl - yes Draw a horizontal line
108 .i x no no Italicize x; if x missing, italic text
109 follows.
110 .ip x y no yes Start indented paragraph, with hanging tag
111 x. Indentation is y ens (default 5).
112 .lp yes yes Start left-blocked paragraph.
113 .np 1 yes Start numbered paragraph.
114 .of ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set odd footer to x y z
115 .oh ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set odd header to x y z
116 .pd - yes Print delayed text.
117 .pp no yes Begin paragraph. First line indented.
118 .r yes no Roman text follows.
119 .re - no Reset tabs to default values.
120 .sh n x - yes Section head follows, font automatically
121 bold. n is level of section, x is title
122 of section.
123 .sk no no Leave the next page blank. Only one page
124 is remembered ahead.
125 .sm x - no Set x in a smaller pointsize.
126 .sz +n 10p no Augment the point size by n points.
127 .tp no yes Begin title page.
128 .u x - no Underline argument (even in troff).
129 (Nofill only).
130 .uh - yes Like .sh but unnumbered.
131 .xp x - no Print index.
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