GROFF_ME

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
FILES
SEE ALSO
REQUESTS

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 ninsert n spacing lines.ls n(line spacing) n=1 single, n=2 double space.na no alignment of right margin.ce ncenter next n lines.ul nunderline next n lines

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

FILES

/usr/share/groff/1.21/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for e.tmac)
/usr/share/groff/1.21/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 InitialCauses ExplanationValue 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 xnoBegin indexed item in index.(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 HnoDefine paper section. m defines the partof 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 oneeach chapter), or RA (appendix renum-bered from page one)..+c TyesBegin chapter (or appendix, etc., as set by.++). T is the chapter title..1c 1yes One column format on a new page..2c 1yes Two column format..EN yesSpace after equation produced by eqn orneqn..EQ x yyesPrecede equation; break out and addspace. Equation number is y. The op-tional argument x may be I to indent equa-tion (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 xyesBegin table; if x is H table has repeatedheading..b xno noPrint x in boldface; if no argument switchto boldface..ba +n0yesAugments the base indent by n. This in-dent is used to set the indent on regulartext (like paragraphs)..bc noyes Begin new column.bi xno noPrint x in bold italics (nofill only).buyes Begin bulleted paragraph.bx xno noPrint x in a box (nofill only)..ef ´x´y´z´´´´´ noSet even footer to x y z.eh ´x´y´z´´´´´ noSet even header to x y z.fo ´x´y´z´´´´´ noSet footer to x y z.hx no Suppress headers and footers on next page..he ´x´y´z´´´´´ noSet header to x y z.hl yes Draw a horizontal line.i xno noItalicize x; if x missing, italic text follows..ip x yno yesStart indented paragraph, with hanging tagx. Indentation is y ens (default 5)..lp yesyes Start left-blocked paragraph..np 1yes Start numbered paragraph..of ´x´y´z´´´´´ noSet odd footer to x y z.oh ´x´y´z´´´´´ noSet odd header to x y z.pd yes Print delayed text..pp noyesBegin paragraph. First line indented..r yesno Roman text follows..re no Reset tabs to default values..sh n xyesSection head follows, font automaticallybold. n is level of section, x is title of sec-tion..sk nonoLeave the next page blank. Only one pageis remembered ahead..sm xnoSet x in a smaller pointsize..sz +n10p noAugment the point size by n points..tp noyes Begin title page..u xnoUnderline argument (even in troff). (Nofillonly)..uh yes Like .sh but unnumbered..xp xnoPrint index.