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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 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 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
       c:/progra~1/groff/share/groff/1.20/tmac/me.tmac (a wrap-
       per file for e.tmac)
       c:/progra~1/groff/share/groff/1.20/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
.)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 (prelimi-
                           nary, e.g., abstract, table of con-
                           tents, 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 xyz      no    Set even footer to x  y  z
.eh xyz      no    Set even header to x  y  z
.fo xyz      no    Set footer to x  y  z
.hx          -       no    Suppress headers and footers on next
                           page.
.he xyz      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 hang-
                           ing tag x.  Indentation is y ens
                           (default 5).
.lp          yes     yes   Start left-blocked paragraph.
.np          1       yes   Start numbered paragraph.
.of xyz      no    Set odd footer to x  y  z
.oh xyz      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 automati-
                           cally 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.



3rd Berkeley Distribution5 January 2009             GROFF_ME(7)
