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This package of nroff and troff macro definitions provides a canned formatting facility for technical papers in various formats. When producing 2-column output on a terminal, filter the output through col(1) .
The macro requests are defined below. Many nroff
and troff requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package, however,
these requests may be used with impunity after the first .pp:
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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. .(xx - 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, for instance, abstract, table of contents, etc.), B (bibliography), RC (chapters renumbered from page one each chapter), or RA (appendix 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. .ac A N - no Set up for ACM style output. A is the Author’s name(s), N is the total number of pages. Must be given before the first initialization. .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. .lo - no Read in a file of local macros of the form .*x. Must be given before initialization. .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. .sc no no Read in a file of special characters and diacritical marks. Must be given before initialization. .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. .th no no Produce the paper in thesis format. Must be given before initialization. .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.