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NAME

groff_me − troff macros for formatting papers

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

SEE ALSO

groff(1), troff(1)
−me Reference Manual, Eric P. Allman
Writing Papers with Groff Using −me

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.