me(5) me(5)NAME me - macros for formatting papers SYNOPSIS nroff -me [nroff-options...] troff -me [troff-options...] DESCRIPTION me is a package of nroff and troff macro definitions that provides a canned formatting facility for technical papers in various formats. When producing two-column output on a terminal, filter the output through col(1). The macro requests are defined below. Many nroff and troff requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package; how- ever, these requests may be used with impunity after the first .pp: .bp Begin a new page. .br Break the 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 the next n lines. .ul n Underline the next n lines. .sz +n Add n to the point size. Output of the eqn, neqn, refer, and tbl preprocessors for equations and tables is acceptable as input. FILES /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.e /usr/lib/me/* SEE ALSO eqn(1), troff(1), refer(1), tbl(1). A/UX Text Processing Tools. REQUESTS In the following list, initialization refers to the first .pp, .lp, .ip, .np, .sh, or .uh macro. This list is incom- plete. MACRO INITIAL BREAK? EXPLANATION NAME VALUE RESET? .c - yes Begin centered block. .d - no Begin delayed text. .f - no Begin footnote. .l - yes Begin list. .q - yes Begin major quote. April, 1990 1
me(5) me(5)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 - noDefine paper section. m defines the part of the paper, and can be C (chapter), A (appendix), P (preliminary, for example, anabstract, table of contents, and so on.), B (bibliography), RC (chapters renumbered from page of one each chapter), or RA (appendix renumbered from page one). .+c T - yes Begin chapter (appendix, and so on, 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 - yesPrecede equation; break out and add space. The equation number is y. The optional argument x may be I to indent the 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 the table has a repeated heading. .ac A N - noSet 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 Augment 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 (no-fill only). .bu - yes Begin bulleted paragraph. .bx x no no Print x in a box (nofill only). .ef'x'y'z '''' noSet even footer to x y z. .eh'x'y'z '''' noSet even header to x y z. .fo'x'y'z '''' noSet footer to x y z. .hx - no Suppress headers and footers on next page. .he'x'y'z '''' noSet 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 yesStart 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. 2 April, 1990
me(5) me(5).np 1 yes Start numbered paragraph. .of'x'y'z '''' noSet odd footer to x y z. .oh'x'y'z '''' noSet odd header to x y z. .pd - yes Print delayed text. .pp no yes Begin paragraph with the 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 x - yes Section head follows, font automatically bold. n is the level of section, and x is the title of the section. .sk no no Leave the next page blank. Only one page is remembered ahead. .sm x - no Set x in a smaller point size. .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. (No-fill only). .uh - yes Like .sh but unnumbered. .xp x - no Print index x. April, 1990 3