{ "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "# GROFF_ME (info)\n\n## NAME\n\ngroffme - \"me\" macro package for formatting documents with GNU roff\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\ngroff -me [option ...] [input-file ...]\ngroff -m me [option ...] [input-file ...]\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nThe me package of macro definitions for the roff language provides a\nconvenient facility for preparing technical papers in various formats.\nThis manual page describes the GNU version of the me macros, which is\npart of the groff document formatting system. This version can be used\nwith both GNU troff and Unix troff.\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION**\n- **FILES**\n- **NOTES**\n- **SEE ALSO**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n" } ], "structuredContent": { "command": "GROFF_ME", "section": "", "mode": "info", "summary": "groffme - \"me\" macro package for formatting documents with GNU roff", "synopsis": "groff -me [option ...] [input-file ...]\ngroff -m me [option ...] [input-file ...]", "tldr_summary": null, "tldr_examples": [], "tldr_source": null, "flags": [], "examples": [], "see_also": [ { "name": "groff", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/groff/1/json" }, { "name": "troff", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/troff/1/json" }, { "name": "eqn", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/eqn/1/json" }, { "name": "grn", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/grn/1/json" }, { "name": "pic", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pic/1/json" }, { "name": "fer", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fer/1/json" }, { "name": "tbl", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tbl/1/json" } ], "section_outline": [ { "name": "NAME", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "SYNOPSIS", "lines": 4, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "DESCRIPTION", "lines": 144, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "FILES", "lines": 3, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "NOTES", "lines": 5, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "SEE ALSO", "lines": 18, "subsections": [] } ], "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "groffme - \"me\" macro package for formatting documents with GNU roff\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "groff -me [option ...] [input-file ...]\n\ngroff -m me [option ...] [input-file ...]\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "The me package of macro definitions for the roff language provides a\nconvenient facility for preparing technical papers in various formats.\nThis manual page describes the GNU version of the me macros, which is\npart of the groff document formatting system. This version can be used\nwith both GNU troff and Unix troff.\n\nMany roff requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package; how-\never, the following requests may be used with impunity after the first\n.pp:\n\n.bp begin new page\n.br break output line here\n.sp n insert n spacing lines\n.ls n (line spacing) n=1 single, n=2 double space\n.na no alignment of right margin\n.ce n center next n lines\n.ul n underline next n lines\n\nNote: In contrast to its behavior with other macro packages and \"raw\"\nroff, when using the me package, the .sp request will not put space at\nthe top of a page.\n\nOutput of the pic, eqn, refer, and tbl preprocessors is acceptable as\ninput.\n\nMacro Reference\nNumeric arguments to macros are denoted with lowercase letters and\nstring arguments with uppercase. An optional macro argument such as x\nappears in brackets, [x]. Note that arguments to macros generally must\nbe quoted if they contain whitespace. An exception is the argument to\nheader and footer macros, which require some explanation. They take\nthe form \"c left c middle c right c\", with spaces added here for clar-\nity. The strings left, middle, and right correspond to their page\nplacement and can contain unprotected whitespace, but must not contain\nthe (non-space) character c, which delimits them. For brevity, the ta-\nble presents header and footer arguments as clcmcrc. Popular choices\nfor c are the ASCII apostrophe \"'\" and the ASCII double quote \"\"\".\n\nThis list is incomplete; some requests are too complex to summarize in\na table, and some that are listed below accept additional arguments not\nshown. See the -me Reference Manual for interesting details.\n\nRequest Initial Causes Explanation\n.(c - yes Begin centered block.\n.(d - no Begin delayed text.\n.(f - no Begin footnote.\n.(l - yes Begin list.\n.(q - yes Begin major quote.\n.(x [X] - no Begin item in index (named X).\n.(z - no Begin floating keep.\n\n.)c - yes End centered block.\n.)d - yes End delayed text.\n.)f - yes End footnote.\n.)l - yes End list.\n.)q - yes End major quote.\n.)x - yes End index item.\n.)z - yes End floating keep.\n.++ M [clcmcrc] - no Define paper section as M, which\nmust be one of C (chapter), A (ap-\npendix), P (preliminary, i.e.,\nfront matter or table of con-\ntents), AB (abstract), B (bibliog-\nraphy), RC (chapters renumbered\nfrom page one each chapter), or RA\n(appendix renumbered from page\none) (and set page header to clcm-\ncrc).\n.+c [T] - yes Begin chapter (or appendix, etc.,\nas set by .++) (with title T).\n.1c 1 yes One-column format on a new page.\n.2c 1 yes Two-column format.\n.EN - yes Space after equation produced by\neqn or neqn.\n.EQ [M [T]] - yes Begin displayed equation (with in-\ndentation M, which must be one of\nC (centered, default), I (in-\ndented), or L (justified left)\n(and title T in right margin)).\n.GE - yes End gremlin picture.\n.GS - yes Begin gremlin picture.\n.PE - yes End pic picture.\n.PS - yes Begin pic picture.\n.TE - yes End tbl table.\n.TH - yes End heading of tbl table.\n.TS [H] - yes Begin tbl table; if H, table re-\npeats heading on each page.\n.b [X [Y]] - no Print X in bold (appending Y in\nthe previous font); if no argu-\nments, switch to bold.\n.ba n 0 yes Augment the base indent (for regu-\nlar text, like paragraphs) by n.\n.bc - yes Begin new column.\n.bi [X [Y]] - no Print X in bold italics (appending\nY in the previous font); if no ar-\nguments, switch to bold italics.\n.bu - yes Begin bulleted paragraph.\n.bx [X [Y]] - no Print X in a box (with Y ap-\npended). Renders reliably only in\nno-fill mode.\n.ef clcmcrc \"\"\"\" no Set even-numbered page footer.\n.eh clcmcrc \"\"\"\" no Set even-numbered page header.\n.fo clcmcrc \"\"\"\" no Set page footer.\n.hx - no Suppress headers and footers on\nnext page.\n.he clcmcrc \"\"\"\" no Set page header.\n.hl - yes Draw a horizontal line.\n.i [X [Y]] - no Print X in italics (appending Y in\nthe previous font); if no argu-\nments, switch to italics.\n.ip [X [n]] n=5n yes Start indented paragraph (with\nhanging tag X (and indentation\nn)).\n.lp - yes Begin paragraph with first line\nflush left.\n.np 1 yes Start numbered paragraph.\n\n.of clcmcrc \"\"\"\" no Set odd-numbered page footer.\n.oh clcmcrc \"\"\"\" no Set odd-numbered page header.\n.pd - yes Print delayed text.\n.pp - yes Begin paragraph with indented\nfirst line.\n.r [X [Y]] - no Print X in roman (appending Y in\nthe previous font); if no argu-\nments, switch to roman.\n.re 0.5i no Reset tabs to default values.\n.sh [n [T]] n=1 yes Start numbered section; print sec-\ntion number (set to n (and title\nT)) in bold.\n.sk - no Leave the next page blank. Only\none page is remembered ahead.\n.sm X [Y] - no Print X in a smaller point size\n(appending Y at the previous\nsize).\n.sz n 10p no Augment the point size by n\npoints.\n.tp - yes Begin title page.\n.u X [Y] - no Underline X (appending Y without\nunderlining). Renders reliably\nonly in no-fill mode.\n.uh [T] - yes Start unnumbered section (and\nprint title T in bold).\n.xp [X] - no Print index (named X).\n", "subsections": [] }, "FILES": { "content": "/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/tmac/me.tmac (a wrapper file for e.tmac)\n/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/tmac/e.tmac\n", "subsections": [] }, "NOTES": { "content": "Early roff macro packages limited themselves to a single-letter name-\nspace (mm, ms, mv, mn, etc.). The \"e\" in \"me\" stands for \"Eric P. All-\nman\", who wrote the macro package and the original technical papers\ndocumenting it while an undergraduate at the University of California.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "groff(1), troff(1)\n\nTwo manuals are available in source and rendered form. On your system,\nthey may be compressed and/or available in additional formats.\n\n/usr/share/doc/groff-base/meintro.me\n/usr/share/doc/groff-base/meintro.ps\nis Writing Papers with Groff Using -me, by Eric P. Allman and\nJames Clark.\n\n/usr/share/doc/groff-base/meref.me\n/usr/share/doc/groff-base/meref.ps\nis the -me Reference Manual, by Eric P. Allman and James Clark.\n\nFor preprocessors supported by me, see eqn(1), grn(1), pic(1), re-\nfer(1), and tbl(1).\n\ngroff 1.22.4 23 March 2022 GROFFME(7)", "subsections": [] } } } }