GROFF_ME(7)
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/groff/1.20.1/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for e.tmac)
/usr/share/groff/1.20.1/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.