GROFF_ME(7)GROFF_ME(7)NAMEgroff_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 pro
vides 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/freeware/share/groff/1.17.2/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper
file for e.tmac)
/usr/freeware/share/groff/1.17.2/tmac/e.tmac
SEE ALSOgroff(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 (chap
ter), A (appendix), P (preliminary,
e.g., abstract, table of contents,
etc.), B (bibliography), RC (chapters
renumbered from page one each chap
ter), 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 equa
tion.
.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 xyz_ no Set even footer to x y z
.eh xyz_ no Set even header to x y z
.fo xyz_ no Set footer to x y z
.hx - no Suppress headers and footers on next
page.
.he xyz_ 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 xyz_ no Set odd footer to x y z
.oh xyz_ 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 automati
cally 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.
Groff Version 1.17.2 27 June 2001 GROFF_ME(7)
