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1.1 ! root 1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. ! 2: .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement ! 3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. ! 4: .\" ! 5: .\" @(#)ms.7 6.2 (Berkeley) 5/2/88 ! 6: .\" ! 7: .TH MS 7 "May 2, 1988" ! 8: .UC 4 ! 9: .ds ]W UCB Computer Center ! 10: .SH NAME ! 11: ms \- text formatting macros ! 12: .SH SYNOPSIS ! 13: \fBnroff \-ms\fP [ options ] file ... ! 14: .br ! 15: \fBtroff \-ms\fP [ options ] file ... ! 16: .SH DESCRIPTION ! 17: This package of \fInroff\fP\| and \fItroff\fP\| ! 18: macro definitions provides a formatting facility ! 19: for various styles of articles, theses, and books. ! 20: When producing 2-column output on a terminal or lineprinter, ! 21: or when reverse line motions are needed, ! 22: filter the output through \fIcol\fP\|(1). ! 23: All external \-ms macros are defined below. ! 24: Many \fInroff\fP\| and \fItroff\fP\| requests ! 25: are unsafe in conjunction with this package. ! 26: However, the first four requests below ! 27: may be used with impunity after initialization, ! 28: and the last two may be used even before initialization: ! 29: .sp .2 ! 30: .ta 5n 12n ! 31: .nf ! 32: .bp begin new page ! 33: .br break output line ! 34: .sp n insert n spacing lines ! 35: .ce n center next n lines ! 36: .ls n line spacing: n=1 single, n=2 double space ! 37: .na no alignment of right margin ! 38: .fi ! 39: .sp .2 ! 40: Font and point size changes with \ef and \es are also allowed; ! 41: for example, ``\efIword\efR'' will italicize \fIword.\fP ! 42: Output of the \fItbl, eqn,\fP and \fIrefer\fP\|(1) preprocessors ! 43: for equations, tables, and references is acceptable as input. ! 44: .SH FILES ! 45: /usr/share/tmac/tmac.x ! 46: .br ! 47: /usr/share/ms/x.??? ! 48: .SH "SEE ALSO" ! 49: eqn(1), refer(1), tbl(1), troff(1) ! 50: .SH REQUESTS ! 51: .if n .in 0 ! 52: .ds x \fIx\fP\| ! 53: .ds y \fIy\fP\| ! 54: .ds z \fI y\fP ! 55: .ds Y \fIx y\fP ! 56: .tr _. ! 57: .ta \w'MacroNam'u +\w'InitialVal'u +\w'Break? 'u ! 58: .sp .3 ! 59: .nf ! 60: Macro Initial Break? \0 Explanation ! 61: Name Value Reset? ! 62: .sp .3 ! 63: _AB \*x \- y begin abstract; if \*x=no don't label abstract ! 64: _AE \- y end abstract ! 65: _AI \- y author's institution ! 66: _AM \- n better accent mark definitions ! 67: _AU \- y author's name ! 68: _B \*x \- n embolden \*x; if no \*x, switch to boldface ! 69: _B1 \- y begin text to be enclosed in a box ! 70: _B2 \- y end boxed text and print it ! 71: _BT date n bottom title, printed at foot of page ! 72: _BX \*x \- n print word \*x in a box ! 73: _CM if t n cut mark between pages ! 74: _CT \- y,y chapter title: page number moved to CF (TM only) ! 75: _DA \*x if n n force date \*x at bottom of page; today if no \*x ! 76: _DE \- y end display (unfilled text) of any kind ! 77: _DS \*Y I y begin display with keep; \*x=I,L,C,B; \*y=indent ! 78: _ID\*z 8n,.5i y indented display with no keep; \*y=indent ! 79: _LD \- y left display with no keep ! 80: _CD \- y centered display with no keep ! 81: _BD \- y block display; center entire block ! 82: _EF \*x \- n even page footer \*x (3 part as for .tl) ! 83: _EH \*x \- n even page header \*x (3 part as for .tl) ! 84: _EN \- y end displayed equation produced by \fIeqn\fP ! 85: _EQ \*Y \- y break out equation; \*x=L,I,C; \*y=equation number ! 86: _FE \- n end footnote to be placed at bottom of page ! 87: _FP \- n numbered footnote paragraph; may be redefined ! 88: _FS \*x \- n start footnote; \*x is optional footnote label ! 89: _HD undef n optional page header below header margin ! 90: _I \*x \- n italicize \*x; if no \*x, switch to italics ! 91: _IP \*Y \- y,y indented paragraph, with hanging tag \*x; \*y=indent ! 92: _IX \*Y \- y index words \*x \*y and so on (up to 5 levels) ! 93: _KE \- n end keep of any kind ! 94: _KF \- n begin floating keep; text fills remainder of page ! 95: _KS \- y begin keep; unit kept together on a single page ! 96: _LG \- n larger; increase point size by 2 ! 97: _LP \- y,y left (block) paragraph. ! 98: _MC \*x \- y,y multiple columns; \*x=column width ! 99: _ND \*x if t n no date in page footer; \*x is date on cover ! 100: _NH \*Y \- y,y numbered header; \*x=level, \*x=0 resets, \*x=S sets to \*y ! 101: _NL 10p n set point size back to normal ! 102: _OF \*x \- n odd page footer \*x (3 part as for .tl) ! 103: _OH \*x \- n odd page header \*x (3 part as for .tl) ! 104: _P1 if TM n print header on 1st page ! 105: _PP \- y,y paragraph with first line indented ! 106: _PT - % - n page title, printed at head of page ! 107: _PX \*x \- y print index (table of contents); \*x=no suppresses title ! 108: _QP \- y,y quote paragraph (indented and shorter) ! 109: _R on n return to Roman font ! 110: _RE 5n y,y retreat: end level of relative indentation ! 111: _RP \*x \- n released paper format; \*x=no stops title on 1st page ! 112: _RS 5n y,y right shift: start level of relative indentation ! 113: _SH \- y,y section header, in boldface ! 114: _SM \- n smaller; decrease point size by 2 ! 115: _TA 8n,5n n set tabs to 8n 16n ... (nroff) 5n 10n ... (troff) ! 116: _TC \*x \- y print table of contents at end; \*x=no suppresses title ! 117: _TE \- y end of table processed by \fItbl\fP ! 118: _TH \- y end multi-page header of table ! 119: _TL \- y title in boldface and two points larger ! 120: _TM off n UC Berkeley thesis mode ! 121: _TS \*x \- y,y begin table; if \*x=H table has multi-page header ! 122: _UL \*x \- n underline \*x, even in \fItroff\fP ! 123: _UX \*x \- n UNIX; trademark message first time; \*x appended ! 124: _XA \*Y \- y another index entry; \*x=page or no for none; \*y=indent ! 125: _XE \- y end index entry (or series of .IX entries) ! 126: _XP \- y,y paragraph with first line exdented, others indented ! 127: _XS \*Y \- y begin index entry; \*x=page or no for none; \*y=indent ! 128: _1C on y,y one column format, on a new page ! 129: _2C \- y,y begin two column format ! 130: _]- \- n beginning of \fIrefer\fP\| reference ! 131: _[0 \- n end of unclassifiable type of reference ! 132: _[N \- n N= 1:journal-article, 2:book, 3:book-article, 4:report ! 133: .fi ! 134: .if t .bp ! 135: .DT ! 136: .SH REGISTERS ! 137: Formatting distances can be controlled in \-ms ! 138: by means of built-in number registers. ! 139: For example, this sets the line length to 6.5 inches: ! 140: .sp .3 ! 141: .nr LL 6.5i ! 142: .sp .3 ! 143: Here is a table of number registers and their default values: ! 144: .sp .3 ! 145: .nf ! 146: .ta .5i +\w'Name\0'u +\w'paragraph distance 'u +\w'Takes Effect 'u ! 147: Name Register Controls Takes Effect Default ! 148: .sp .3 ! 149: PS point size paragraph 10 ! 150: VS vertical spacing paragraph 12 ! 151: LL line length paragraph 6i ! 152: LT title length next page same as LL ! 153: FL footnote length next .FS 5.5i ! 154: PD paragraph distance paragraph 1v (if n), .3v (if t) ! 155: DD display distance displays 1v (if n), .5v (if t) ! 156: PI paragraph indent paragraph 5n ! 157: QI quote indent next .QP 5n ! 158: FI footnote indent next .FS 2n ! 159: PO page offset next page 0 (if n), \(ap1i (if t) ! 160: HM header margin next page 1i ! 161: FM footer margin next page 1i ! 162: FF footnote format next .FS 0 (1, 2, 3 available) ! 163: .fi ! 164: .sp .3 ! 165: When resetting these values, ! 166: make sure to specify the appropriate units. ! 167: Setting the line length to 7, for example, ! 168: will result in output with one character per line. ! 169: Setting FF to 1 suppresses footnote superscripting; ! 170: setting it to 2 also suppresses indentation of the first line; ! 171: and setting it to 3 produces an .IP-like footnote paragraph. ! 172: .PP ! 173: Here is a list of string registers available in \-ms; ! 174: they may be used anywhere in the text: ! 175: .sp .3 ! 176: .nf ! 177: .ta .5i 1.1i ! 178: Name String's Function ! 179: .sp .3 ! 180: \e*Q quote (" in \fInroff,\fP\| `` in \fItroff\fP ) ! 181: \e*U unquote (" in \fInroff,\fP\| '' in \fItroff\fP ) ! 182: \e*\- dash (-- in \fInroff,\fP \(em in \fItroff\fP ) ! 183: \e*(MO month (month of the year) ! 184: \e*(DY day (current date) ! 185: \e** automatically numbered footnote ! 186: \e*[ opening footnote string delimiter ! 187: \e*] closing footnote string delimiter ! 188: \e*([. opening reference tag delimiter ! 189: \e*(.] closing reference tag delimiter ! 190: \e*\' acute accent (before letter) ! 191: \e*\` grave accent (before letter) ! 192: \e*\d^ \ucircumflex (before letter) ! 193: \e*, cedilla (before letter) ! 194: \e*: umlaut (before letter) ! 195: \e*\d~ \utilde (before letter) ! 196: .fi ! 197: .sp .3 ! 198: The opening and closing delimiters for footnote numbers ! 199: and reference tags may be changed by resetting the appropriate string. ! 200: Both opening delimiters change to italics and superscript in \fItroff\fP, ! 201: reverting to the previous font and the baseline at the closing delimiter. ! 202: In \fInroff\fP, square brackets are used as delimiters, with footnote ! 203: numbers in italics. ! 204: .PP ! 205: When using the extended accent mark definitions available with .AM, ! 206: these strings should come after, rather than before, ! 207: the letter to be accented. ! 208: .SH BUGS ! 209: Floating keeps and regular keeps are diverted to the same space, ! 210: so they cannot be mixed together with predictable results.
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