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; however, 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. Requests In the following list, initialization refers to the first .pp, .lp, .ip, .np, .sh, or .uh macro. This list is incomplete. 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. 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 January 1992 1
me(5) me(5)paper, and can be C (chapter), A (appendix), P (preliminary, for example, an abstract, table of contents, and so on), B (bibliography), RC (chapters renumbered from page one of 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. .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. 2 January 1992
me(5) me(5).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. FILES /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.e File containing the ME macros /usr/lib/me/* Directory containing ME macro information SEE ALSO eqn(1), troff(1), refer(1), tbl(1) in A/UX Command Reference A/UX Text Processing Tools January 1992 3