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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 center next n lines
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/1.20.1/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for e.tmac)
36 /usr/share/groff/1.20.1/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.
46Request 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
54.(x x - no Begin indexed item in index x
55.(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 new page.
72.2c 1 yes Two column format.
73.EN - yes Space after equation produced by eqn or neqn.
74.EQ x y - yes Precede equation; break out and add space. Equa‐
75 tion number is y. The optional argument x may be I
76 to indent equation (default), L to left-adjust the
77 equation, or C to center the equation.
78.GE - yes End gremlin picture.
79.GS - yes Begin gremlin picture.
80.PE - yes End pic picture.
81.PS - yes Begin pic picture.
82.TE - yes End table.
83.TH - yes End heading section of table.
84.TS x - yes Begin table; if x is H table has repeated heading.
85.b x no no Print x in boldface; if no argument switch to bold‐
86 face.
87.ba +n 0 yes Augments the base indent by n. This indent is used
88 to set the indent on regular text (like para‐
89 graphs).
90.bc no yes Begin new column
91.bi x no no Print x in bold italics (nofill only)
92.bu - yes Begin bulleted paragraph
93.bx x no no Print x in a box (nofill only).
94.ef ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set even footer to x y z
95.eh ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set even header to x y z
96.fo ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set footer to x y z
97.hx - no Suppress headers and footers on next page.
98.he ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set header to x y z
99.hl - yes Draw a horizontal line
100.i x no no Italicize x; if x missing, italic text follows.
101.ip x y no yes Start indented paragraph, with hanging tag x.
102 Indentation is y ens (default 5).
103.lp yes yes Start left-blocked paragraph.
104.np 1 yes Start numbered paragraph.
105.of ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set odd footer to x y z
106.oh ´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set odd header to x y z
107.pd - yes Print delayed text.
108.pp no yes Begin paragraph. First line indented.
109.r yes no Roman text follows.
110.re - no Reset tabs to default values.
111.sh n x - yes Section head follows, font automatically bold. n
112 is level of section, x is title of section.
113.sk no no Leave the next page blank. Only one page is remem‐
114 bered ahead.
115.sm x - no Set x in a smaller pointsize.
116.sz +n 10p no Augment the point size by n points.
117.tp no yes Begin title page.
118.u x - no Underline argument (even in troff). (Nofill only).
119.uh - yes Like .sh but unnumbered.
120.xp x - no Print index x.
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