groff_me - troff macros for formatting papers
groff -me [ options ] file ...
groff -m me [ options ] file ...
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 tech%nical 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:
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.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.
/usr/local/share/groff/1.18.1/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for e.tmac)
/usr/local/share/groff/1.18.1/tmac/e.tmac
groff(1), troff(1)
-me Reference Manual, Eric P. Allman
Writing Papers with Groff Using -me
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.