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man - macros to typeset manual
nroff -man file ...
troff -man file ...
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, 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:
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. .SB
t no t=n.t.l. Text t is small and bold. .SM
t no t=n.t.l. Text t is small. .TH n c d x
s yes - Begin page named n of chapter c; d is date
of last change; x is extra commentary, e.g. `local', for page foot;
s is a section description. 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
nroff(1), troff(1), man(1)
Relative indents don't nest.
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