MAN(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual MAN(7)
NAME
man - macros to typeset manual
SYNOPSIS
nroff -man file ...
troff -man file ...
DESCRIPTION
These macros are used to lay out pages of this manual. A skeleton page may be found in the file /usr/man/man.template.
Any text argument t may be zero to six words. Quotes may be used to include blanks in a `word'. If text is empty, special treatment is
applied to the next input line with text to be printed. In this way .I may be used to italicize a whole line, or .SM may be followed by .B
to make small bold letters.
A prevailing indent distance is remembered between successive indented paragraphs, and is reset to default value upon reaching a non-
indented paragraph. Default units for indents i are ens.
Type font and size are reset to default values before each paragraph, and after processing font and size setting macros.
These strings are predefined by -man:
*R `(Reg)', trademark symbol in troff.
*S Change to default type size.
FILES
/usr/share/tmac/tmac.an
/usr/man/man.template
SEE ALSO
troff(1), man(1)
BUGS
Relative indents don't nest.
REQUESTS
Request Cause If no Explanation Break Argument .B t no t=n.t.l.*Text t is bold. .BI
t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternating bold and italic. .BR t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t
alternating bold and Roman. .DT no .5i 1i...Restore default tabs. .HP i yes i=p.i.* Set pre-
vailing indent to i. Begin paragraph with hanging indent. .I t no t=n.t.l. Text t is italic. .IB
t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternating italic and bold. .IP x i yes x="" Same as .TP with tag
x. .IR t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternating italic and Roman. .LP yes - Same as
.PP. .PD d no d=.4v Interparagraph distance is d. .PP yes - Begin paragraph. Set
prevailing indent to .5i. .RE yes - End of relative indent. Set prevailing indent to amount of
starting .RS. .RB t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternating Roman and bold. .RI
t no t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternating Roman and italic. .RS i yes i=p.i. Start relative
indent, move left margin in distance i. Set prevailing indent to .5i for nested indents. .SH
t yes t=n.t.l. Subhead. .SM t no t=n.t.l. Text t is small. .TH n c x v m yes -Begin
page named n of chapter c; x is extra commentary, e.g. `local', for page foot center; v alters page foot left, e.g.
`4th Berkeley Distribution'; m alters page head center, e.g. `Brand X Programmer's Manual'. Set prevailing indent and
tabs to .5i. .TP i yes i=p.i. Set prevailing indent to i. Begin indented paragraph with hanging tag given
by next text line. If tag doesn't fit, place it on separate line.
* n.t.l. = next text line; p.i. = prevailing indent
7th Edition October 22, 1996 MAN(7)