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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
       .ul n   underline next n lines

       Output  of  the pic, eqn, refer, and tbl preprocessors is acceptable as
       input.

FILES
       /usr/share/groff/1.21/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for e.tmac)
       /usr/share/groff/1.21/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 Causes  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
       .(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 (appen-
				    dix 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	 argu-
				    ment   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	 regu-
				    lar 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.




3rd Berkeley Distribution	7 February 2013			   GROFF_ME(7)