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6 me - macros for formatting papers
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9 nroff -me [ options ] file ...
10 troff -me [ options ] file ...
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13 This package of nroff and troff macro definitions provides a canned
14 formatting facility for technical papers in various formats. When pro‐
15 ducing 2-column output on a terminal, filter the output through col(1).
16 The macro requests are defined below. Many nroff and troff requests
18 are unsafe in conjunction with this package, however, these requests
19 may be used with impunity after the first .pp:
20 .bp begin new page
22 .br break output line here
23 .sp n insert n spacing lines
24 .ls n (line spacing) n=1 single, n=2 double space
25 .na no alignment of right margin
26 .ce n center next n lines
27 .ul n underline next n lines
28 .sz +n add n to point size
29 Output of the eqn, neqn, refer, and tbl(1) preprocessors for equations
31 and tables is acceptable as input.
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34 /usr/share/tmac/tmac.e
35 /usr/share/me/*
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38 eqn(1), troff(1), refer(1), tbl(1)
39 -me Reference Manual, Eric P. Allman
40 Writing Papers with Nroff Using -me
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43 In the following list, “initialization” refers to the first .pp, .lp,
44 .ip, .np, .sh, or .uh macro. This list is incomplete; see The -me Ref‐
45 erence Manual for interesting details.
46 Request Initial Cause Explanation
48 Value Break
49 .(c - yes Begin centered block
50 .(d - no Begin delayed text
51 .(f - no Begin footnote
52 .(l - yes Begin list
53 .(q - yes Begin major quote .(x
54 x - no Begin indexed item in index
55 x .(z - no Begin floating keep
56 .)c - yes End centered block
57 .)d - yes End delayed text
58 .)f - yes End footnote
59 .)l - yes End list
60 .)q - yes End major quote
61 .)x - yes End index item
62 .)z - yes End floating keep
63.++ m H - no Define paper section. m defines the part of the
64 paper, and can be C (chapter), A (appendix), P
65 (preliminary, e.g., abstract, table of contents,
66 etc.), B (bibliography), RC (chapters renumbered
67 from page one each chapter), or RA (appendix renum‐
68 bered from page one).
69.+c T - yes Begin chapter (or appendix, etc., as set by .++).
70 T is the chapter title.
71 .1c 1 yes One column format on a
72 new page. .2c 1 yes Two column
73 format. .EN - yes Space after
74 equation produced by eqn or neqn. .EQ x
75 y - yes Precede equation; break out
76 and add space. Equation number is y. The optional
77 argument x may be I to indent equation (default), L
78 to left-adjust the equation, or C to center the
79 equation. .GE - yes End gremlin
80 picture. .GS - yes Begin gremlin
81 picture. .PE - yes End pic pic‐
82 ture. .PS - yes Begin pic pic‐
83 ture. .TE - yes End table.
84 .TH - yes End heading section of
85 table. .TS x - yes Begin table; if
86 x is H table has repeated heading.
87.ac A N - no Set up for ACM style output. A is the Author's
88 name(s), N is the total number of pages. Must be
89 given before the first initialization. .b
90 x no no Print x in boldface; if no
91 argument switch to boldface.
92.ba +n 0 yes Augments the base indent by n. This indent is used
93 to set the indent on regular text (like para‐
94 graphs). .bc no yes Begin new col‐
95 umn .bi x no no Print x in bold
96 italics (nofill only)
97 .bu - yes Begin bulleted paragraph
98 .bx x no no Print x in a box
99 (nofill only).
100.ef ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set even footer to x y z
101.eh ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set even header to x y z
102.fo ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set footer to x y z
103.hx - no Suppress headers and footers on next page. .he
104 ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set header to x y z
105 .hl - yes Draw a horizontal line
106 .i x no no Italicize x; if x miss‐
107 ing, italic text follows. .ip x
108 y no yes Start indented paragraph, with
109 hanging tag x. Indentation is y ens (default 5).
110 .lp yes yes Start left-blocked para‐
111 graph.
112.lo - no Read in a file of local macros of the form .*x.
113 Must be given before initialization.
114 .np 1 yes Start numbered para‐
115 graph.
116.of ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set odd footer to x y z
117.oh ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set odd header to x y z
118.pd - yes Print delayed text.
119 .pp no yes Begin paragraph. First
120 line indented. .r yes no Roman
121 text follows.
122.re - no Reset tabs to default values.
123.sc no no Read in a file of special characters and diacriti‐
124 cal marks. Must be given before initialization.
125 .sh n x - yes Section head follows,
126 font automatically bold. n is level of section, x
127 is title of section.
128.sk no no Leave the next page blank. Only one page is remem‐
129 bered ahead. .sm x - no Set x in a
130 smaller pointsize.
131.sz +n 10p no Augment the point size by n points.
132.th no no Produce the paper in thesis format. Must be given
133 before initialization.
134.tp no yes Begin title page. .u
135 x - no Underline argument (even in
136 troff). (Nofill only).
137 .uh - yes Like .sh but unnumbered.
138 .xp x - no Print index x.
1393rd Berkeley Distribution October 23, 1996 ME(7)