The macro requests are defined below. Many troff requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package, however, these requests may be used with impunity after the first .pp:
| .bp | begin new page |
| .br | break output line here |
| .sp n | insert n spacing lines |
| .ls n | (line spacing) n=1 single, n=2 double space |
| .na | no alignment of right margin |
| .ce n | |
| .ul n | underline next n lines |
Output of the pic, eqn, refer, and tbl preprocessors is acceptable as input.
| Request | Initial | Causes | 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 |
| .(x x | - | no | Begin indexed item in index |
| .(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, e.g., 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.
|
| .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. |
| .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. |
| .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.
|
| .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. |