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.\" $NetBSD: groff_man.7,v 1.1.1.1 2001/04/19 12:52:40 wiz Exp $
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.ig \"-*- nroff -*-
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Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
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this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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are preserved on all copies.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
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manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
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entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
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permission notice identical to this one.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
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manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified
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versions, except that this permission notice may be included in
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translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in
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the original English.
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.TH GROFF_MAN 7 "April 8, 2001" "Groff Version 1.16.1"
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.
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.SH NAME
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.
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groff_man \- groff `man' macros to support generation of man pages
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.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.
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.B groff
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.B \-man
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[
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.IR options .\|.\|.
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]
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[
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.IR files .\|.\|.
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]
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.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.
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The
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.B tmac.an
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macros used to generate man pages with
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.I groff
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were written by James Clark.
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This document provides a brief summary of the use of each macro in that
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package.
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.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.
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The
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.B man
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macros understand the following command line options (which define various
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registers).
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.TP
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.B \-rC1
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If more than one manual page is given on the command line, number the
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pages continuously, rather than starting each at\ 1.
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.TP
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.B \-rD1
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Double-sided printing.
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Footers for even and odd pages are formatted differently.
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.TP
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.BI \-rP nnn
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Enumeration of pages will start with
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.I nnn
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rather than with\ 1.
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.TP
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.BI \-rS xx
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Base document font size is
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.I xx
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points
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.RI ( xx
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can be 10, 11, or\ 12) rather than 10\ points.
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.TP
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.BI \-rX nnn
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After page\ \c
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.IR nnn ,
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number pages as
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.IR nnn a,
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.IR nnn b,
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.IR nnn c,
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etc.
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For example, the option `\-rX2' will produce the following page numbers:
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1, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, etc.
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.
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.SH USAGE
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.
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This section describes the available macros for manual pages.
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For further customization, put additional macros and requests into the file
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.B man.local
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which will be loaded immediately after
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.BR tmac.an .
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.TP
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.BI .TH " title section " [ extra1 "] [" extra2 "] [" extra3 ]
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Sets the title of the man page to
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.I title
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and the section to
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.IR section ,
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which must take on a value between 1 and\ 8.
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The value
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.I section
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may also have a string appended, e.g. `.pm', to indicate a specific
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subsection of the man pages.
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Both
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.I title
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and
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.I section
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are positioned at the left and right in the header line (with
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.I section
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in parentheses immediately appended to
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.IR title .
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.I extra1
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will be positioned in the middle of the footer line.
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.I extra2
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will be positioned at the left in the footer line (resp. at the left on
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even pages and at the right on odd pages if double-sided printing is
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active).
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.I extra3
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is centered in the header line.
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.IP
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For HTML output, headers and footers are completely supressed.
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.IP
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Additionally, this macro starts a new page; the new line number is\ 1 again
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(except if the `-rC1' option is given on the command line) -- this feature
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is intended only for formatting multiple man pages; a single man page should
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contain exactly one
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.B TH
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macro at the beginning of the file.
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.TP
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.BI ".SH [" "text for a heading" ]
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Sets up an unnumbered section heading sticking out to the left.
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Prints out all the text following
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.B SH
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up to the end of the line (resp. the text in the next line if there is no
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argument to
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.BR SH )
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in bold face, one size larger than the base document size.
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Additionally, the left margin for the following text is reset to its default
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value.
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.TP
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.BI ".SS [" "text for a heading" ]
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Sets up an secondary, unnumbered section heading.
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Prints out all the text following
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.B SS
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up to the end of the line (resp. the text in the next line if there is no
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argument to
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.BR SS )
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in bold face, at the same size as the base document size.
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Additionally, the left margin for the following text is reset to its default
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value.
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.TP
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.BI ".TP [" nnn ]
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Sets up an indented paragraph with label.
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The indentation is set to
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.I nnn
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if that argument is supplied (the default unit is `n' if omitted), otherwise
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it is set to the default indentation value.
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The first line of text following this macro is interpreted as a string to be
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printed flush-left, as it is appropriate for a label.
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It is not interpreted as part of a paragraph, so there is no attempt to fill
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the first line with text from the following input lines.
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Nevertheless, if the label is not as wide as the indentation, then the
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paragraph starts at the same line (but indented), continuing on the
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following lines.
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If the label is wider than the indentation, then the descriptive part of the
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paragraph begins on the line following the label, entirely indented.
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Note that neither font shape nor font size of the label is set to a default
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value; on the other hand, the rest of the text will have default font
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settings.
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The
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.B TP
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macro is the macro used for the explanations you are just reading.
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.TP
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.B .LP
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.TQ
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.B .PP
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.TQ
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.B .P
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These macros are mutual aliases.
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Any of them causes a line break at the current position, followed by a
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vertical space downwards by the amount specified by the
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.B PD
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macro.
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The font size and shape are reset to the default value (10pt resp. Roman).
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Finally, the current left margin is restored.
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.TP
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.BI ".IP [" designator "] [" nnn ]
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Sets up an indented paragraph, using
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.I designator
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as a tag to mark its beginning.
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The indentation is set to
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.I nnn
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if that argument is supplied (default unit is `n'), otherwise the default
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indentation value is used.
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Font size and face of the paragraph (but not the designator) are reset to
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its default values.
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To start an indented paragraph with a particular indentation but without a
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designator, use `""' (two doublequotes) as the second argument.
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.IP
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For example, the following paragraphs were all set up with bullets as the
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designator, using `.IP\ \\(bu\ 4':
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.RS
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.IP \(bu 4
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.B IP
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is one of the three macros used in
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.B tmac.an
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to format lists.
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.IP \(bu 4
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.B HP
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is another.
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This macro produces a paragraph with a left hanging indentation.
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.IP \(bu 4
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.B TP
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is another.
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This macro produces an unindented label followed by an indented paragraph.
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.RE
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.TP
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.BI ".HP [" nnn ]
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Sets up a paragraph with hanging left indentation.
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The indentation is set to
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.I nnn
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if that argument is supplied (default unit is `n'), otherwise the default
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indentation value is used.
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Font size and face are reset to its default values.
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The following paragraph illustrates the effect of this macro with hanging
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indentation set to\ 4:
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.RS
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.HP 4
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This is a paragraph following an invocation of the
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.B HP
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macro.
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As you can see, it produces a paragraph where all lines but the first are
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indented.
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.RE
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.TP
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.BI ".RS [" nnn ]
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This macro moves the left margin to the right by the value
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.I nnn
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if specified (default unit is `n'); otherwise the default indentation value
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is used.
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Calls to the
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.B RS
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macro can be nested.
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.TP
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.BI ".RE [" nnn ]
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This macro moves the left margin back to level
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.IR nnn ;
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if no argument is given, it moves one level back.
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The first level (i.e., no call to
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.B RS
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yet) has number\ 1, and each call to
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.B RS
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increases the level by\ 1.
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.PP
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To summarize, the following macros cause a line break with the insertion of
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vertical space (which amount can be changed with the
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.B PD
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macro):
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.BR SH ,
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.BR SS ,
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.BR TP ,
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.B LP
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.RB ( PP ,
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.BR P ),
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.BR IP ,
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and
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.BR HP .
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The macros
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.B RS
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and
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.B RE
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also cause a break but no insertion of vertical space.
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.
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.SH "MACROS TO SET FONTS"
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.
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The standard font is Roman; the default text size is 10\ point.
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.TP
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.BI ".SM [" text ]
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Causes the text on the same line or the text on the next line to appear in a
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font that is one point size smaller than the default font.
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.TP
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.BI ".SB [" text ]
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Causes the text on the same line or the text on the next line to appear in
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boldface font, one point size smaller than the default font.
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.TP
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.BI ".BI " text
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Causes text on the same line to appear alternately in bold face and italic.
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The text must be on the same line as the macro call.
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Thus
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.RS
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.IP
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\&.BI this "word and" that
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.PP
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would cause `this' and `that' to appear in bold face, while `word and'
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appears in italics.
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.RE
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.TP
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.BI ".IB " text
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Causes text to appear alternately in italic and bold face.
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The text must be on the same line as the macro call.
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.TP
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.BI ".RI " text
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Causes text on the same line to appear alternately in roman and italic.
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The text must be on the same line as the macro call.
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.TP
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.BI ".IR " text
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Causes text on the same line to appear alternately in italic and roman.
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The text must be on the same line as the macro call.
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.TP
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.BI ".BR " text
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Causes text on the same line to appear alternately in bold face and roman.
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The text must be on the same line as the macro call.
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.TP
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.BI ".RB " text
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Causes text on the same line to appear alternately in roman and bold face.
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The text must be on the same line as the macro call.
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.TP
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.BI ".R [" text ]
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Causes
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.I text
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to appear in roman font.
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If no text is present on the line where the macro is called, then the text
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of the next line appears in roman.
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This is the default font to which text is returned at the end of processing
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of the other macros.
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.TP
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.BI ".B [" text ]
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Causes
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.I text
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to appear in bold face.
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If no text is present on the line where the macro is called, then the text
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of the next line appears in bold face.
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.TP
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.BI ".I [" text ]
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Causes
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.I text
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to appear in italic.
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If no text is present on the line where the macro is called, then the text
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of the next line appears in italic.
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.
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.SH "MISCELLANEOUS"
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.
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The default indentation is 7.2n for all output devices except for
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.B grohtml
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which uses 1.2i instead.
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.TP
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.B .DT
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Sets tabs every 0.5 inches.
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Since this macro is always called during a
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.B TH
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request, it makes sense to call it only if the tab positions have been
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changed.
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.TP
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.BI ".PD [" nnn ]
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Adjusts the empty space before a new paragraph (resp. section).
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The optional argument gives the amount of space (default units are `v');
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without parameter, the value is reset to its default value (1\ line for tty
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devices, 0.4v\ otherwise).
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This affects the macros
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.BR SH ,
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.BR SS ,
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.BR TP ,
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.B LP
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(resp.\&
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.B PP
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and
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.BR P ),
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.BR IP ,
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and
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.BR HP .
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.PP
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The following strings are defined:
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.TP
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.B \e*S
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Switch back to the default font size.
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.TP
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.B \e*R
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The `registered' sign.
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.TP
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.B \e*(Tm
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The `trademark' sign.
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.TP
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.B \e*(lq
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.TQ
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.B \e*(rq
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Left and right quote.
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This is equal to `\e(lq' and `\e(rq', respectively.
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.PP
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If a preprocessor like
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.B tbl
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or
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.B eqn
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is needed, it has become usage to make the first line of the man page look
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like this:
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.PP
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.RS
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.BI .\e"\ word
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.RE
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.PP
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Note the single space character after the double quote.
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.I word
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consists of letters for the needed preprocessors: `e' for
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.BR eqn ,
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`r' for
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.BR refer ,
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and `t' for
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.BR tbl .
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Modern implementations of the
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.B man
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program read this first line and automatically call the right
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preprocessor(s).
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.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.
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Since the
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.B tmac.an
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macros consist of groups of
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.I groff
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requests, one can, in principle, supplement the functionality of the
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.B tmac.an
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macros with individual
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.I groff
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requests where necessary.
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A complete list of these requests is available on the WWW at
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.PP
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.ce 1
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http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/gnu/groff/groff_toc.html
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.PP
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.BR tbl (1),
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.BR eqn (1),
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.BR refer (1),
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.BR man (1)
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.
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.SH AUTHOR
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.
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This manual page was originally written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by
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Susan G. Kleinmann <sgk@debian.org>, corrected and updated by Werner Lemberg
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<wl@gnu.org>, and is now part of the GNU troff distribution.
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