Manual page for MAN(7)
man - macros to typeset manual
SYNOPSIS
nroff -man
file ...
troff -man
file ...
DESCRIPTION
These macros are used to lay out pages of this manual.
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)' in
nroff.
- \*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
~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 prevailing 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
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
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Last modified 11/5/97
