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

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