me(5) — Macro Packages and Conventions
NAME
me − Macros for formatting papers
SYNOPSIS
nroff −me [options] file ...
DESCRIPTION
This package of nroff macro definitions provides a formatting facility for technical papers in various formats. When producing two-column output on a terminal, filter the output through col.
Many nroff requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package; however, the following requests can be used with impunity after the first .pp:
| .bp | Begin a new page. |
| .br | Break the output line here. |
| .ce n | Center the next n lines. |
| .ls n | Use line spacing: n=1 single, n=2 double space. |
| .na | Do not justify (align) the right margin. |
| .sp n | Insert n spacing lines. |
| .sz +n | Add n to the point size. |
| .ul n | Underline the next n lines. |
Output of the neqn 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.
| Request | Initial | Cause | Explanation |
| Value | Break | ||
| .(b | − | yes | Begin block. |
| .(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. |
| .)b | − | yes | End block. |
| .)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 information, for | |||
| example, an abstract, table of contents, and | |||
| so on), 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 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. | |||
| .TE | − | yes | End table. |
| .TH | − | yes | End heading section of table. |
| .TS x | − | yes | Begin table; if x is H, table has repeated |
| heading. | |||
| .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 there is 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 (nofill only). |
| .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. | |
| .he ’x’y’z’ | no | Set header to x y z. | |
| .hl | − | yes | Draw a horizontal line. |
| .hx | − | no | Suppress headers and footers on next page. |
| .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 |
| .∗. 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. | |||
| .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 (nofill only). |
| .uh | − | yes | Like .sh, but unnumbered. |
| .xp x | − | no | Print index x. |
FILES
/usr/share/lib/tmac/tmac.eThe me macro package source file
/usr/share/lib/me/∗Supplemental me macros.