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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)man.7       6.4 (Berkeley) 8/10/87
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH MAN 7 "August 10, 1987"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: man \- (deprecated) macros to typeset manual
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B
        !             9: nroff  \-man\ 
        !            10: file ...
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: .B
        !            13: troff  \-man\ 
        !            14: file ...
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: These macros were used in the past to lay out pages of this manual.
        !            17: A skeleton page may
        !            18: be found in the file /usr/share/misc/man.template.
        !            19: The new macros are in
        !            20: .Xr mdoc 7 .
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: Any text argument
        !            23: .I t
        !            24: may be zero to six words.
        !            25: Quotes may be used to include blanks in a `word'.
        !            26: If 
        !            27: .I text
        !            28: is empty,
        !            29: special treatment is applied to
        !            30: the next input line with text to be printed.
        !            31: In this way
        !            32: .BR . I
        !            33: may be used to italicize a whole line, or
        !            34: .BR . SM
        !            35: may be
        !            36: followed by
        !            37: .BR . B
        !            38: to make small bold letters.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: A prevailing indent distance is remembered between
        !            41: successive indented paragraphs,
        !            42: and is reset to default value upon reaching a non-indented paragraph.
        !            43: Default units for indents
        !            44: .I i
        !            45: are ens.
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: Type font and size are reset to default values
        !            48: before each paragraph, and after processing
        !            49: font and size setting macros.
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: These strings are predefined by
        !            52: .BR \-man :
        !            53: .IP \e*R
        !            54: .if t `\*R', `(Reg)' in
        !            55: .if t .I nroff.
        !            56: .if n `(Reg)', trademark symbol in
        !            57: .if n .I troff.
        !            58: .IP \e*S
        !            59: Change to default type size.
        !            60: .SH FILES
        !            61: /usr/share/tmac/tmac.an
        !            62: .br
        !            63: /usr/man/man.template
        !            64: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            65: man(1), troff(1)
        !            66: .SH BUGS
        !            67: Relative indents don't nest.
        !            68: .SH REQUESTS
        !            69: .ta \w'.TH n c x v m'u +\w'Cause 'u +\w'Argument\ 'u
        !            70: .di xx
        !            71:                        \ka
        !            72: .br
        !            73: .di
        !            74: .in \nau
        !            75: .ti0
        !            76: Request        Cause   If no   Explanation
        !            77: .ti0
        !            78:        Break   Argument
        !            79: .ti0
        !            80: .tr ~.
        !            81: ~B \fIt\fR     no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.* Text
        !            82: .I t
        !            83: is bold.
        !            84: .ti0
        !            85: ~BI \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !            86: words of
        !            87: .I t
        !            88: alternating bold and italic.
        !            89: .ti0
        !            90: ~BR \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !            91: words of
        !            92: .I t
        !            93: alternating bold and Roman.
        !            94: .ti0
        !            95: ~DT    no      .5i 1i...       Restore default tabs.
        !            96: .ti0
        !            97: ~HP \fIi\fR    yes     \fIi\fR=p.i.*   Set prevailing indent to
        !            98: .I i.
        !            99: Begin paragraph with hanging indent.
        !           100: .ti0
        !           101: ~I \fIt\fR     no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Text
        !           102: .I t
        !           103: is italic.
        !           104: .ti0
        !           105: ~IB \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !           106: words of
        !           107: .I t
        !           108: alternating italic and bold.
        !           109: .ti0
        !           110: ~IP \fIx i\fR  yes     \fIx\fR=""      Same as .TP with tag
        !           111: .I x.
        !           112: .ti0
        !           113: ~IR \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !           114: words of
        !           115: .I t
        !           116: alternating italic and Roman.
        !           117: .ti0
        !           118: ~LP    yes     -       Same as .PP.
        !           119: .ti0
        !           120: ~PD \fId\fR    no      \fId\fR=.4v     Interparagraph distance is 
        !           121: .I d.
        !           122: .ti0
        !           123: ~PP    yes     -       Begin paragraph.
        !           124: Set prevailing indent to .5i.
        !           125: .ti0
        !           126: ~RE    yes     -       End of relative indent.
        !           127: Set prevailing indent to amount of starting .RS.
        !           128: .ti0
        !           129: ~RB \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !           130: words of
        !           131: .I t
        !           132: alternating Roman and bold.
        !           133: .ti0
        !           134: ~RI \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !           135: words of
        !           136: .I t
        !           137: alternating Roman and italic.
        !           138: .ti0
        !           139: ~RS \fIi\fR    yes     \fIi\fR=p.i.    Start relative indent,
        !           140: move left margin in distance
        !           141: .I i.
        !           142: Set prevailing indent to .5i for nested indents.
        !           143: .ti0
        !           144: ~SH \fIt\fR    yes     \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Subhead.
        !           145: .ti0
        !           146: ~SM \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Text
        !           147: .I t
        !           148: is small.
        !           149: .ti0
        !           150: ~TH \fIn c x v m\fR    yes     -       Begin page named
        !           151: .I n
        !           152: of chapter
        !           153: .IR c;
        !           154: .I x
        !           155: is extra commentary, e.g. `local', for page foot center;
        !           156: .I v
        !           157: alters page foot left, e.g. `4th Berkeley Distribution';
        !           158: .I m
        !           159: alters page head center, e.g. `Brand X Programmer's Manual'.
        !           160: Set prevailing indent and tabs to .5i.
        !           161: .ti0
        !           162: ~TP \fIi\fR    yes     \fIi\fR=p.i.    Set prevailing indent to
        !           163: .I i.
        !           164: Begin indented paragraph
        !           165: with hanging tag given by next text line.
        !           166: If tag doesn't fit, place it on separate line.
        !           167: .PP
        !           168: .ti0
        !           169: * n.t.l. = next text line; p.i. = prevailing indent

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