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1 perry 1 GROFF_ME
2 !!!GROFF_ME
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 FILES
7 SEE ALSO
8 REQUESTS
9 ----
10 !!NAME
11
12
13 groff_me - troff macros for formatting papers
14 !!SYNOPSIS
15
16
17 __groff -me__ [[ options ] file ...__
18 groff -m me__ [[ options ] file ...
19 !!DESCRIPTION
20
21
22 This manual page describes the GNU version of the -me
23 macros, which is part of the groff document formatting
24 system. This version can be used with both GNU troff and
25 Unix troff. This package of ''troff'' macro definitions
26 provides a canned formatting facility for technical papers
27 in various formats.
28
29
30 The macro requests are defined below. Many ''troff''
31 requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package,
32 however, these requests may be used with impunity after the
33 first .pp:
34
35
36 .bp begin new page
37 .br break output line here
38 .sp n insert n spacing lines
39 .ls n (line spacing) n=1 single, n=2 double space
40 .na no alignment of right margin
41 .ce n center next n lines
42 .ul n underline next n lines
43 Output of the ''pic, eqn, refer,'' and ''tbl'' preprocessors is acceptable as input.
44 !!FILES
45
46
47 /usr/share/groff/1.17.2/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for
48 e.tmac)
49 /usr/share/groff/1.17.2/tmac/e.tmac
50 !!SEE ALSO
51
52
53 groff(1), troff(1)
54 -me Reference Manual, Eric P. Allman
55 Writing Papers with Groff Using -me
56 !!REQUESTS
57
58
59 This list is incomplete; see ''The -me Reference Manual''
60 for interesting details.
61 Request Initial Cause Explanation Value Break.(c - yes
62 Begin centered block .(d - no Begin delayed text .(f - no
63 Begin footnote .(l - yes Begin list .(q - yes Begin major
64 quote .(x ''x'' - no Begin indexed item in index ''x''
65 .(z - no Begin floating keep .)c - yes End centered block
66 .)d - yes End delayed text .)f - yes End footnote .)l - yes
67 End list .)q - yes End major quote .)x - yes End index item
68 .)z - yes End floating keep .++ ''m H'' - no Define paper
69 section. ''m'' defines the part of the paper, and can be
70 __C__ (chapter), __A__ (appendix), __P__
71 (preliminary, e.g., abstract, table of contents, etc.),
72 __B__ (bibliography), __RC__ (chapters renumbered from
73 page one each chapter), or __RA__ (appendix renumbered
74 from page one). .+c ''T'' - yes Begin chapter (or
75 appendix, etc., as set by .++). ''T'' is the chapter
76 title. .1c 1 yes One column format on a new page. .2c 1 yes
77 Two column format. .EN - yes Space after equation produced
78 by ''eqn'' or ''neqn''. .EQ ''x y'' - yes Precede
79 equation; break out and add space. Equation number is
80 ''y''. The optional argument ''x'' may be ''I'' to
81 indent equation (default), ''L'' to left-adjust the
82 equation, or ''C'' to center the equation. .GE - yes End
83 ''gremlin'' picture. .GS - yes Begin ''gremlin''
84 picture. .PE - yes End ''pic'' picture. .PS - yes Begin
85 ''pic'' picture. .TE - yes End table. .TH - yes End
86 heading section of table. .TS ''x'' - yes Begin table; if
87 ''x'' is ''H'' table has repeated heading. .b ''x''
88 no no Print ''x'' in boldface; if no argument switch to
89 boldface. .ba ''+n'' 0 yes Augments the base indent by
90 ''n.'' This indent is used to set the indent on regular
91 text (like paragraphs). .bc no yes Begin new column .bi
92 ''x'' no no Print ''x'' in bold italics (nofill only)
93 .bu - yes Begin bulleted paragraph .bx ''x'' no no Print
94 ''x'' in a box (nofill only). .ef ''xyz'' no Set even
95 footer to x y z .eh ''xyz'' no Set even header to x y z
96 .fo ''xyz'' no Set footer to x y z .hx - no Suppress
97 headers and footers on next page. .he ''xyz'' no Set
98 header to x y z .hl - yes Draw a horizontal line .i ''x''
99 no no Italicize ''x;'' if ''x'' missing, italic text
100 follows. .ip ''x y'' no yes Start indented paragraph,
101 with hanging tag ''x''. Indentation is ''y'' ens
102 (default 5). .lp yes yes Start left-blocked paragraph. .np 1
103 yes Start numbered paragraph. .of ''xyz'' no Set odd
104 footer to x y z .oh ''xyz'' no Set odd header to x y z
105 .pd - yes Print delayed text. .pp no yes Begin paragraph.
106 First line indented. .r yes no Roman text follows. .re - no
107 Reset tabs to default values. .sh ''n x'' - yes Section
108 head follows, font automatically bold. ''n'' is level of
109 section, ''x'' is title of section. .sk no no Leave the
110 next page blank. Only one page is remembered ahead. .sm
111 ''x'' - no Set ''x'' in a smaller pointsize. .sz
112 ''+n'' 10p no Augment the point size by ''n'' points.
113 .tp no yes Begin title page. .u ''x'' - no Underline
114 argument (even in ''troff''). (Nofill only). .uh - yes
115 Like .sh but unnumbered. .xp ''x'' - no Print index
116 ''x.''
117 ----
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