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NAME
     me - macros for formatting papers

SYNOPSIS
     nroff -me [ options ] file ...
     troff -me [ options ] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     This package of nroff and troff macro definitions provides a
     canned formatting facility for technical papers in various
     formats.  When producing 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, how-
     ever, 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, neqn, refer, and tbl(1) preprocessors for
     equations and tables is acceptable as input.

FILES
     /usr/share/tmac/tmac.e
     /usr/share/me/*

SEE ALSO
     eqn(1), troff(1), refer(1), tbl(1)
     -me Reference Manual, Eric P. Allman
     Writing Papers with Nroff Using -me

REQUESTS
     In the following list, "initialization" refers to the first
     .pp, .lp, .ip, .np, .sh, or .uh macro.  This list is incom-
     plete; see The -me Reference Manual for interesting details.

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
.(x x	     -	     no    Begin indexed item in index x


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.(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 (prelim-
			   inary, e.g., abstract, table of con-
			   tents, etc.), B (bibliography), RC
			   (chapters renumbered from page one
			   each chapter), or RA (appendix renum-
			   bered 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 equa-
			   tion.
.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


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.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 ini-
			   tialization.
.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 automati-
			   cally 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.


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