me(5)								File Formats Manual							     me(5)

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

       .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 macro.  This list is incomplete.

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       Request	     Initial	Cause	    Explanation
		     Value	Break
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       .(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 (prelim-
					    inary  information, for example, an
					    abstract, table of contents, and so
					    on), B (bibliography), RC (chapters
					    renumbered from page one each chap-
					    ter),  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 initializa-
					    tion.
       .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
       .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	charac-
					    ters and diacritical marks. Must be
					    given before initialization.
       .sh n x	     -		yes	    Section head follows, font automat-
					    ically  bold.   n  is level of sec-
					    tion, 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  initializa-
					    tion.
       .tp	     no 	yes	    Begin title page.
       .u x	     -		no	    Underline argument (nofill only).
       .uh	     -		yes	    Like
       .xp x	     -		no	    Print index x.
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FILES

       The me macro package source file Supplemental me macros.

SEE ALSO

       col(1), neqn(1), nroff(1), tbl(1)

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