term% cat index.txt MAN(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual MAN(7)
NAME
man - macros to typeset manual
SYNOPSIS
nroff -man file ...
troff -man file ...
DESCRIPTION
These macros are used to lay out pages of this manual. A skeleton page
may be found in the file /usr/man/man0/xx.
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:
\*R `(Reg)', trademark symbol in troff.
\*S Change to default type size.
FILES
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an
/usr/man/man0/xx
SEE ALSO
troff(1), man(1)
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. Be‐
gin 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 pre‐
vailing 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 Ro‐
man and italic. .RS i yes i=p.i. Start rela‐
tive 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 yes - Begin page named n of chapter c; x
is extra commentary, e.g. `local', for page foot.
Set prevailing indent and tabs to .5i. .TP
i yes i=p.i. Set prevailing indent to i. Be‐
gin indented paragraph with hanging tag given by next
text line. If tag doesn't fit, place it on separate
line. .XE no Use eqn(1) preproces‐
sor; should be first in file.
.1C yes Equalize columns and return
to 1-column output .2C yes Start
2-column nofill output
* n.t.l. = next text line; p.i. = prevailing indent
BUGS
There is no direct way to suppress column widows in 2-column output;
the column lengths may be adjusted by inserting .sp requests before the
.1C
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