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MPM(6)								   Games Manual 							    MPM(6)

NAME
mpm, mspe - macros for page makeup SYNOPSIS
troff -mpm file ... troff -mspe file ... DESCRIPTION
These troff(1) macros, largely compatible with ms(6), make better pages. They silently invoke and provide information to a postprocessor that moves floating figures, avoids widows, and justifies pages vertically by stretching vertical spaces that result from .PP, .LP, .IP, .QP, .SH, .NH, .DS/.DE, .EQ/.EN, .TS/.TE, .PS/.PE, .P1/.P2, and .QS/.QE. The packages support different styles: -mpm generic -mspe Software--Practice and Experience The following macros are different from or not part of -ms. Values denoted n have default value 1v. .BP Begin a new page. .FL Flush: force out previous keeps. .FC Finish a two-column region and start a new one. .KF m Floating keep, with preferred center at vertical position m. Special values (default) and are permitted. .NE n Start new page if remaining vertical space on this page is less than n. .P1 Begin a program display (constant width font). .P2 End a program display. .P3 Insert optional break point in program display. .SP n exactly .SP n Insert vertical space of height n, stretchable unless exactly is present. .Tm text Place page number and text on the standard error output. .X text Present text to the hidden page-makeup program as part of a device-dependent output sequence x X text. Equivalent to X'text'. Useful number registers: HM Header margin; default 1 inch. FM Footer margin; default 1 inch. FO Footer position; default 10 inches. %# Page number of current page. dP,dV Shrinkage of point size and vertical spacing for .P1, in points. Useful strings: %e,%o Even and odd page title commands, as .tl ''''. FILES
/sys/lib/tmac/tmac.pm /$cputype/bin/aux/pm SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/pm SEE ALSO
ms(6), troff(1) B. W. Kernighan and C. J. Van Wyk, ``The -mpm Macro Package'', Unix Research System Programmer's Manual, Tenth Edition, Volume 2. BUGS
These features of -ms are missing: Document styles other than the default .RP. Space between front matter and first paragraph. Recover it with .SP 2. Separating rule above footnotes. Keeps assigned to a separate page. Pages with more than two columns. Troff option -o doesn't work with -mpm because only the postprocessor knows the page numbers. MPM(6)

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GROFF_ME(7)						 Miscellaneous Information Manual					       GROFF_ME(7)

NAME
groff_me - troff macros for formatting papers SYNOPSIS
groff -me [ options ] file ... groff -m me [ options ] file ... DESCRIPTION
This manual page describes the GNU version of the -me macros, which is part of the groff document formatting system. This version can be used with both GNU troff and Unix troff. This package of troff macro definitions provides a canned formatting facility for technical papers in various formats. The macro requests are defined below. Many 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 Output of the pic, eqn, refer, and tbl preprocessors is acceptable as input. FILES
/usr/share/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for e.tmac) /usr/share/tmac/e.tmac SEE ALSO
groff(1), troff(1) -me Reference Manual, Eric P. Allman Writing Papers with Groff Using -me REQUESTS
This list is incomplete; 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 .(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, e.g., abstract, table of contents, etc.), B (bibliography), RC (chapters renumbered from page one each chapter), or RA (ap- pendix 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. .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. .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. .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. .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. 3rd Berkeley Distribution June 30, 2003 GROFF_ME(7)
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