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GROFF_ME(7) MachTen Programmer’s Manual GROFF_ME(7)

NAME
groff_me - troff macros for formatting papers

SYNOPSIS
groff -me [ options ] file ...
troff -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/share/groff/tmac/tmac.e

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
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).
set by .++). T is the chapter title.
or neqn.
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.

repeated heading.
switch to boldface.
indent is used to set the indent on
regular text (like paragraphs).
page.
follows.
tag x. Indentation is y ens (default
5).
cally bold. n is level of section, x
is title of section.
page is remembered ahead.
(Nofill only).

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