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NAME

groff_me − troff macros for formatting papers

SYNOPSIS

groff −me [ options ] file ...
groff −m me [ options ] file ...

This manual page describes the GNU version of the −me macros, which is part of the groff document formatting system. This version can be used with both GNU troff and Unix troff. This package of troff macro definitions provides a canned formatting facility for technical papers in various formats.

The macro requests are defined below. Many troff requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package, however, these requests may be used with impunity after the first .pp:

		.bp
		begin new page
		.br
		break output line here
		.sp n
		insert n spacing lines
		.ls n
		(line spacing) n=1 single, n=2 double space
		.na
		no alignment of right margin
		.ce n
		center next n lines
		.ul n
		underline next n lines

Output of the pic, eqn, refer, and tbl preprocessors is acceptable as input.

FILES

/usr/share/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for e.tmac)
/usr/share/tmac/e.tmac

REQUESTS

This list is incomplete; see The −me Reference Manual for interesting details.

		Request
		Initial
		Cause
		Explanation
Value	Break	.(c
		-
		yes
		Begin centered block
		.(d
		-
		no
		Begin delayed text
		.(f
		-
		no
		Begin footnote
		.(l
		-
		yes
		Begin list
		.(q
		-
		yes
		Begin major quote
		.(x x
		-
		no
		Begin indexed item in index x
		.(z
		-
		no
		Begin floating keep
		.)c
		-
		yes
		End centered block
		.)d
		-
		yes
		End delayed text
		.)f
		-
		yes
		End footnote
		.)l
		-
		yes
		End list
		.)q
		-
		yes
		End major quote
		.)x
		-
		yes
		End index item
		.)z
		-
		yes
		End floating keep
		.++ m H
		-
		no
		Define paper section. m defines the part of the paper, and can be C (chapter), A (appendix), P (preliminary, e.g., abstract, table of contents, etc.), B (bibliography), RC (chapters renumbered from page one each chapter), or RA (appendix renumbered from page one).
		.+c T
		-
		yes
		Begin chapter (or appendix, etc., as set by .++). T is the chapter title.
		.1c
		1
		yes
		One column format on a new page.
		.2c
		1
		yes
		Two column format.
		.EN
		-
		yes
		Space after equation produced by eqn or neqn.
		.EQ x y
		-
		yes
		Precede equation; break out and add space. Equation number is y. The optional argument x may be I to indent equation (default), L to left-adjust the equation, or C to center the equation.
		.GE
		-
		yes
		End gremlin picture.
		.GS
		-
		yes
		Begin gremlin picture.
		.PE
		-
		yes
		End pic picture.
		.PS
		-
		yes
		Begin pic picture.
		.TE
		-
		yes
		End table.
		.TH
		-
		yes
		End heading section of table.
		.TS x
		-
		yes
		Begin table; if x is H table has repeated heading.
		.b x
		no
		no
		Print x in boldface; if no argument switch to boldface.
		.ba +n
		0
		yes
		Augments the base indent by n. This indent is used to set the indent on regular text (like paragraphs).
		.bc
		no
		yes
		Begin new column
		.bi x
		no
		no
		Print x in bold italics (nofill only)
		.bu
		-
		yes
		Begin bulleted paragraph
		.bx x
		no
		no
		Print x in a box (nofill only).
		.ef ´x´y´z´
		´´´´
		no
		Set even footer to x y z
		.eh ´x´y´z´
		´´´´
		no
		Set even header to x y z
		.fo ´x´y´z´
		´´´´
		no
		Set footer to x y z
		.hx
		-
		no
		Suppress headers and footers on next page.
		.he ´x´y´z´
		´´´´
		no
		Set header to x y z
		.hl
		-
		yes
		Draw a horizontal line
		.i x
		no
		no
		Italicize x; if x missing, italic text follows.
		.ip x y
		no
		yes
		Start indented paragraph, with hanging tag x. Indentation is y ens (default 5).
		.lp
		yes
		yes
		Start left-blocked paragraph.
		.np
		1
		yes
		Start numbered paragraph.
		.of ´x´y´z´
		´´´´
		no
		Set odd footer to x y z
		.oh ´x´y´z´
		´´´´
		no
		Set odd header to x y z
		.pd
		-
		yes
		Print delayed text.
		.pp
		no
		yes
		Begin paragraph. First line indented.
		.r
		yes
		no
		Roman text follows.
		.re
		-
		no
		Reset tabs to default values.
		.sh n x
		-
		yes
		Section head follows, font automatically bold. n is level of section, x is title of section.
		.sk
		no
		no
		Leave the next page blank. Only one page is remembered ahead.
		.sm x
		-
		no
		Set x in a smaller pointsize.
		.sz +n
		10p
		no
		Augment the point size by n points.
		.tp
		no
		yes
		Begin title page.
		.u x
		-
		no
		Underline argument (even in troff). (Nofill only).
		.uh
		-
		yes
		Like .sh but unnumbered.
		.xp x
		-
		no
		Print index x.

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