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me(5)		      Standards, Environments, and Macros		 me(5)

NAME
       me - macros for formatting papers

SYNOPSIS
       nroff  -me [options] filename...

       troff  -me [options] filename...

DESCRIPTION
       This  package  of  nroff	 and troff macro definitions provides a canned
       formatting facility for technical papers in various formats. When  pro‐
       ducing 2-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 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

       .sz +n	   add n to point size

       Output  of  the eqn(1), neqn(1), refer(1), and tbl(1) 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
	   .(c		-	 yes		 Begin centered block.
	   .(d		-	 no		  Begin delayed text.
	   .(f		-	 no		    Begin footnote.
	   .(l		-	 yes		      Begin list.

	   .(q		-	 yes		  Begin major quote.
	  .(xx		-	 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 (preliminary, for instance,
					  abstract, table of contents, 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.
	.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 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  '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.
	   .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     '''''	 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.
	  .sm x		-	 no	     Set x in a smaller pointsize.
	 .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).
						    (Nofill only).
	   .uh		-	 yes	       Like .sh but unnumbered.
	 .xp x		-	 no		    Print index x.

FILES
       /usr/share/lib/tmac/e

       /usr/share/lib/tmac/*.me

SEE ALSO
       col(1), eqn(1), nroff(1), refer(1), tbl(1), troff(1)

SunOS 5.11			  25 Feb 1992				 me(5)
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