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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 defi-
       nitions 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/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for e.tmac)
       /usr/share/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
			   bered 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.  Equa-
			   tion 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 bold-
			   face.
.ba +n	     0	     yes   Augments the base indent by n.  This indent is used
			   to set the indent on regular text (like para-
			   graphs).
.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 remem-
			   bered 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.

3rd Berkeley Distribution	 10 July 2001			   GROFF_ME(7)

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