Many roff requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package; however, the following 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 |
Note: In contrast to its behavior with other macro packages and "raw" roff, when using the me package, the .sp request will not put space at the top of a page.
Output of the pic, eqn, refer, and tbl preprocessors is acceptable as input.
This list is incomplete; some requests are too complex to summarize in a table, and some that are listed below accept additional arguments not shown. See the -me Reference Manual for interesting details.
Request | Initial | Causes | 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 item in index (named
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 [clcmcrc] | - | no |
Define paper section as
M,
which must be one of
C
(chapter),
A
(appendix),
P
(preliminary, i.e., front matter or table of contents),
AB
(abstract),
B
(bibliography),
RC
(chapters renumbered from page one each chapter),
or
RA
(appendix renumbered from page one)
(and set page header to
clcmcrc).
|
.+c [T] | - | yes |
Begin chapter (or appendix, etc., as set by
.++)
(with title
T).
|
.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 [M [T]] | - | yes |
Begin displayed equation (with indentation
M,
which must be one of
C
(centered, default),
I
(indented),
or
L
(justified left) (and title
T
in right margin)).
|
.GE | - | yes |
End gremlin picture.
|
.GS | - | yes |
Begin gremlin picture.
|
.PE | - | yes |
End pic picture.
|
.PS | - | yes |
Begin pic picture.
|
.TE | - | yes |
End
tbl
table.
|
.TH | - | yes |
End heading of
tbl
table.
|
.TS [H] | - | yes |
Begin
tbl
table; if
H,
table repeats heading on each page.
|
.b [X [Y]] | - | no |
Print
X
in bold (appending
Y
in the previous font); if no arguments, switch to bold.
|
.ba n | 0 | yes |
Augment the base indent (for regular text, like paragraphs)
by
n.
|
.bc | - | yes |
Begin new column.
|
.bi [X [Y]] | - | no |
Print
X
in bold italics (appending
Y
in the previous font); if no arguments, switch to bold italics.
|
.bu | - | yes |
Begin bulleted paragraph.
|
.bx [X [Y]] | - | no |
Print X in a box (with Y appended).
Renders reliably only in no-fill mode.
|
.ef clcmcrc | """" | no |
Set even-numbered page footer.
|
.eh clcmcrc | """" | no |
Set even-numbered page header.
|
.fo clcmcrc | """" | no |
Set page footer.
|
.hx | - | no |
Suppress headers and footers on next page.
|
.he clcmcrc | """" | no |
Set page header.
|
.hl | - | yes |
Draw a horizontal line.
|
.i [X [Y]] | - | no |
Print
X
in italics (appending
Y
in the previous font); if no arguments, switch to italics.
|
.ip [X [n]] | n=5n | yes |
Start indented paragraph (with hanging tag
X
(and indentation
n)).
|
.lp | - | yes |
Begin paragraph with first line flush left.
|
.np | 1 | yes |
Start numbered paragraph.
|
.of clcmcrc | """" | no |
Set odd-numbered page footer.
|
.oh clcmcrc | """" | no |
Set odd-numbered page header.
|
.pd | - | yes |
Print delayed text.
|
.pp | - | yes |
Begin paragraph with indented first line.
|
.r [X [Y]] | - | no |
Print
X
in roman (appending
Y
in the previous font); if no arguments, switch to roman.
|
.re | 0.5i | no |
Reset tabs to default values.
|
.sh [n [T]] | n=1 | yes |
Start numbered section; print section number (set to
n
(and title
T))
in bold.
|
.sk | - | no |
Leave the next page blank.
Only one page is remembered ahead.
|
.sm X [Y] | - | no |
Print
X
in a smaller point size (appending
Y
at the previous size).
|
.sz n | 10p | no |
Augment the point size by
n
points.
|
.tp | - | yes |
Begin title page.
|
.u X [Y] | - | no |
Underline
X
(appending
Y
without underlining).
Renders reliably only in no-fill mode.
|
.uh [T] | - | yes |
Start unnumbered section (and print title
T
in bold).
|
.xp [X] | - | no |
Print index (named
X).
|
Two manuals are available in source and rendered form. On your system, they may be compressed and/or available in additional formats.
For preprocessors supported by me, see eqn(1), grn(1), pic(1), refer(1), and tbl(1).
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