v7 man page for man

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/man0/xx.

       Any  text  argument t may be zero to six words.	Quotes may be used to include blanks in a `word'.  If text is empty, the 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 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/lib/tmac/tmac.an
       /usr/man/man0/xx

SEE ALSO
       troff(1), man(1)

BUGS
       Relative indents don't nest.

REQUESTS
			 Request   Cause If    no    Explanation	      Break Argument	t	  no	t=n.t.l.*Text	 t    is     bold.
			 t	   no	 t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternating bold and italic.	t	  no	t=n.t.l. Join words of t alternat-
			 ing bold and Roman.

       i.  Begin paragraph with hanging indent.  t    no   t=n.t.l.  Text t is italic.	t    no   t=n.t.l.  Join words of t alternating italic and
	      bold.

       x      x.  t    no   t=n.t.l.  Join words of t alternating italic and Roman.

       d.

       Set prevailing indent to .5i.
       Set prevailing indent to amount of starting .RS.  t    no   t=n.t.l.  Join words of t alternating Roman and bold.  t    no   t=n.t.l.  Join
       words of t alternating Roman and italic.
       move left margin in distance i.	Set prevailing indent to .5i for nested indents.

t    yes  t=n.t.l.  Subhead.
       t    no	 t=n.t.l.  Text t is small.

n(c)								       named								      n(c)

       n of chapter c; x is extra commentary, e.g. `local', for page foot.  Set prevailing indent and tabs to .5i.

       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

page							       x    yes  -    Begin							      n(c)