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 yesBegin centered block.(d noBegin delayed text.(f no Begin footnote.(l yes Begin list.(q yesBegin major quote.(x xnoBegin indexed item in index.(z noBegin floating keep.)c yesEnd centered block.)d yesEnd delayed text.)f yes End footnote.)l yes End list.)q yesEnd major quote.)x yesEnd index item.)z yesEnd floating keep.++ m HnoDefine 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 chapter), orRA (appendix renumbered from page one)..+c TyesBegin chapter (or appendix, etc., as set by .++). T is the chapter title..1c 1yesOne column format on a new page..2c 1yesTw o column format..EN yesSpace after equation produced by eqn or neqn..EQ x yyesPrecede equation; break out and add space. Equation number is y. The op-tional argument x may be I to indent equation (default), L to left-adjust theequation, or C to center the equation..GE yesEnd gremlin picture..GS yesBegin gremlin picture..PE yesEnd pic picture..PS yesBegin pic picture..TE yes End table..TH yesEnd heading section of table..TS xyesBegin table; if x is H table has repeated heading..b xno noPrint x in boldface; if no argument switch to boldface..ba +n0yesAugments the base indent by n. This indent is used to set the indent on reg-ular text (like paragraphs)..bc noyesBegin new column.bi xno noPrint x in bold italics (nofill only).buyesBegin 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 noSuppress headers and footers on next page..he ´x´y´z´´´´´ noSet header to x y z.hl yesDraw a horizontal line.i xno noItalicize x; if x missing, italic text follows..ip x yno yesStart indented paragraph, with hanging tag x. Indentation is y ens (default5)..lp yesyesStart left-blocked paragraph..np 1yesStart 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 yesPrint delayed text..pp noyesBegin paragraph. First line indented..r yesnoRoman text follows..re noReset tabs to default values..sh n xyesSection head follows, font automatically bold. n is level of section, x is ti-tle of section..sk nonoLeave the next page blank. Only one page is remembered ahead..sm xnoSet x in a smaller pointsize..sz +n10p noAugment the point size by n points..tp noyesBegin title page..u xnoUnderline argument (even in troff). (Nofill only)..uh yesLike .sh but unnumbered..xp xnoPrint index.