Standards, Environments, and Macros me(5)
NAME
me - macros for formatting papers
SYNOPSIS
nroff -me [options] filename...
troff -me [options] filename...
DESCRIPTION
This package of nroff and troff macro definitions provides a canned formatting facility for technical papers in variousformats. When producing 2-column output on a terminal,
filter the output through col(1). The macro requests are defined below. Many nroff and troffrequests are unsafe in conjunction with this package, how-
ever, 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 .sz +n add n to point sizeOutput of the eqn(1), neqn(1), refer(1), and tbl(1) prepro-
cessors for equations and tables is acceptable as input. REQUESTSSunOS 5.11 Last change: 25 Feb 1992 1
Standards, Environments, and Macros me(5)
In the following list, "initialization" refers to the first.pp, .lp, .ip, .np, .sh, or .uh macro. This list is incom-
plete. 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.
.(xx - 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, for instance, 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
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.ac A N - no Set up for ACM style output.
A is the Author's name(s), N is the
total number of pages. Must be given before the first initialization..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.
.lo - no Read in a file of local macros
of the form .*x. Must be given before initialization. .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.
.sc no no Read in a file of special characters and diacritical marks. Must be given before initialization..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.
.th no no Produce the paper in thesis format. Must be given before initialization. .tp no yes Begin title page..u x - no Underline argument (even in troff).
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.uh - yes Like .sh but unnumbered.
.xp x - no Print index x.
FILES /usr/share/lib/tmac/e/usr/share/lib/tmac/*.me
SEE ALSO
col(1), eqn(1), nroff(1), refer(1), tbl(1), troff(1)SunOS 5.11 Last change: 25 Feb 1992 4