1me(5) Standards, Environments, and Macros me(5)
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6 me - macros for formatting papers
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9 nroff -me [options] filename...
10 troff -me [options] filename...
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16 This package of nroff and troff macro definitions provides a canned
17 formatting facility for technical papers in various formats. When pro‐
18 ducing 2-column output on a terminal, filter the output through col(1).
19 The macro requests are defined below. Many nroff and troff requests are
22 unsafe in conjunction with this package, however, these requests may be
23 used with impunity after the first .pp:
24 .bp begin new page
26 .br break output line here
29 .sp n insert n spacing lines
32 .ls n (line spacing) n=1 single, n=2 double space
35 .na no alignment of right margin
38 .ce n center next n lines
41 .ul n underline next n lines
44 .sz +n add n to point size
47 Output of the eqn(1), neqn(1), refer(1), and tbl(1) preprocessors for
51 equations and tables is acceptable as input.
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54 In the following list, "initialization" refers to the first .pp, .lp,
55 .ip, .np, .sh, or .uh macro. This list is incomplete.
56 Request Initial Cause Explanation
61 Value Break
62 .(c - yes Begin centered block.
63 .(d - no Begin delayed text.
64 .(f - no Begin footnote.
65 .(l - yes Begin list.
66 .(q - yes Begin major quote.
68 .(xx - no Begin indexed item in index x.
69 .(z - no Begin floating keep.
70 .)c - yes End centered block.
71 .)d - yes End delayed text.
72 .)f - yes End footnote.
73 .)l - yes End list.
74 .)q - yes End major quote.
75 .)x - yes End index item.
76 .)z - yes End floating keep.
77 .++ m H - no Define paper section.
78 m defines the part of the paper,
79 and can be C (chapter), A (appendix),
80 P (preliminary, for instance,
81 abstract, table of contents, etc.),
82 B (bibliography), RC (chapters
83 renumbered from page one each
84 chapter), or RA (appendix renumbered
85 from page one).
86 .+c T - yes Begin chapter (or appendix, etc.,
87 as set by .++). T is
88 the chapter title.
89 .1c 1 yes One column format on a new page.
90 .2c 1 yes Two column format.
91 .EN - yes Space after equation produced by eqn
92 or neqn.
93 .EQ x y - yes Precede equation; break out and
94 add space. Equation number is y.
95 The optional argument x may be I
96 to indent equation (default),
97 L to left-adjust the equation, or
98 C to center the equation.
99 .GE - yes End gremlin picture.
100 .GS - yes Begin gremlin picture.
101 .PE - yes End pic picture.
102 .PS - yes Begin pic picture.
103 .TE - yes End table.
104 .TH - yes End heading section of table.
105 .TS x - yes Begin table; if x is H table
106 has repeated heading.
107 .ac A N - no Set up for ACM style output.
108 A is the Author's name(s), N is the
109 total number of pages. Must be given
110 before the first initialization.
111 .b x no no Print x in boldface; if no argument
112 switch to boldface.
113 .ba +n 0 yes Augments the base indent by n.
114 This indent is used to set the indent
115 on regular text (like paragraphs).
116 .bc no yes Begin new column.
117 .bi x no no Print x in bold italics
118 (nofill only).
119 .bu - yes Begin bulleted paragraph.
120 .bx x no no Print x in a box (nofill only).
121 .ef 'x'y'z ''''' no Set even footer to x y z.
122 .eh 'x'y'z ''''' no Set even header to x y z.
123 .fo 'x'y'z ''''' no Set footer to x y z.
124 .hx - no Suppress headers and footers on
125 next page.
126 .he 'x'y'z ''''' no Set header to x y z.
127 .hl - yes Draw a horizontal line.
128 .i x no no Italicize x; if x missing, italic
129 text follows.
130 .ip x y no yes Start indented paragraph, with
131 hanging tag x. Indentation is
132 y ens (default 5).
134 .lp yes yes Start left-blocked paragraph.
135 .lo - no Read in a file of local macros
136 of the form .*x. Must be
137 given before initialization.
138 .np 1 yes Start numbered paragraph.
139 .of 'x'y'z ''''' no Set odd footer to x y z.
140 .oh 'x'y'z ''''' no Set odd header to x y z.
141 .pd - yes Print delayed text.
142 .pp no yes Begin paragraph. First line indented.
143 .r yes no Roman text follows.
144 .re - no Reset tabs to default values.
145 .sc no no Read in a file of special characters
146 and diacritical marks. Must be
147 given before initialization.
148 .sh n x - yes Section head follows, font
149 automatically bold. n is level
150 of section, x is title of section.
151 .sk no no Leave the next page blank.
152 Only one page is remembered ahead.
153 .sm x - no Set x in a smaller pointsize.
154 .sz +n 10p no Augment the point size by n points.
155 .th no no Produce the paper in thesis format.
156 Must be given before initialization.
157 .tp no yes Begin title page.
158 .u x - no Underline argument (even in troff).
159 (Nofill only).
160 .uh - yes Like .sh but unnumbered.
161 .xp x - no Print index x.
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165 /usr/share/lib/tmac/e
166 /usr/share/lib/tmac/*.me
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172 col(1), eqn(1), nroff(1), refer(1), tbl(1), troff(1)
173SunOS 5.11 25 Feb 1992 me(5)