1MAN(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual MAN(7)
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6 man - macros to typeset manual
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9 nroff -man file ...
10 troff -man file ...
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14 These macros are used to lay out pages of this manual. A skeleton page
15 may be found in the file /usr/man/man.template.
16 Any text argument t may be zero to six words. Quotes may be used to
18 include blanks in a `word'. If text is empty, special treatment is
19 applied to the next input line with text to be printed. In this way .I
20 may be used to italicize a whole line, or .SM may be followed by .B to
21 make small bold letters.
22 A prevailing indent distance is remembered between successive indented
24 paragraphs, and is reset to default value upon reaching a non-indented
25 paragraph. Default units for indents i are ens.
26 Type font and size are reset to default values before each paragraph,
28 and after processing font and size setting macros.
29 These strings are predefined by -man:
31 \*R `(Reg)', trademark symbol in troff.
33 \*S Change to default type size.
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37 /usr/share/tmac/tmac.an
38 /usr/man/man.template
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41 troff(1), man(1)
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44 Relative indents don't nest.
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47 Request Cause If no Explanation
48 Break Argument .B
49 t no t=n.t.l.*Text t is bold. .BI
50 t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternat‐
51 ing bold and italic. .BR
52 t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternat‐
53 ing bold and Roman. .DT no .5i
54 1i...Restore default tabs. .HP
55 i yes i=p.i.* Set prevailing indent to
56 i. Begin paragraph with hanging indent. .I
57 t no t=n.t.l. Text t is italic. .IB
58 t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternat‐
59 ing italic and bold. .IP x
60 i yes x="" Same as .TP with tag x. .IR
61 t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternat‐
62 ing italic and Roman.
63 .LP yes - Same as .PP. .PD
64 d no d=.4v Interparagraph distance is
65 d. .PP yes - Begin paragraph.
66 Set prevailing indent to .5i.
67 .RE yes - End of relative
68 indent. Set prevailing indent to amount of start‐
69 ing .RS. .RB t no t=n.t.l. Join words
70 of t alternating Roman and bold. .RI
71 t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternat‐
72 ing Roman and italic. .RS
73 i yes i=p.i. Start relative indent,
74 move left margin in distance i. Set prevailing
75 indent to .5i for nested indents. .SH
76 t yes t=n.t.l. Subhead. .SM
77 t no t=n.t.l. Text t is small. .TH n c
78 x v m yes -Begin page named n of chapter
79 c; x is extra commentary, e.g. `local', for page
80 foot center; v alters page foot left, e.g. `4th
81 Berkeley Distribution'; m alters page head center,
82 e.g. `Brand X Programmer's Manual'. Set prevail‐
83 ing indent and tabs to .5i. .TP
84 i yes i=p.i. Set prevailing indent to
85 i. Begin indented paragraph with hanging tag
86 given by next text line. If tag doesn't fit,
87 place it on separate line.
88 * n.t.l. = next text line; p.i. = prevailing indent
907th Edition October 22, 1996 MAN(7)