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Manuscript macro package

nnrrooffff -mmss _f_i_l_e ...

The nroff macro  package ms formats manuscripts.  The tutorial on
nroff describes the ms macros in detail.

ms includes the following macros:

.AABB  Begin the abstract portion of a document's title page.

.AAEE  End the abstract

.AAII  Indicate author's institution on a document's title page.

.AAUU  Name the author on the title page of a document.

.BB   Boldface  font: set the following  argument in boldface.  If
     the argument is longer than one word, it must be enclosed in
     quotation marks.  Anything on the line after the argument is
     thrown away.

.BBDD  Block-centered display.  Take  a portion of text; do not ad-
     just it  or break it between  two lines, but center  it as a
     whole.

.BBTT   Bottom title.   This controls  the  printing of  the footer
     title, should  you want one.  It uses  three strings, all or
     any of  which can be defined by the  user: LLFF, for left-hand
     portion; CCFF, for center portion; and RRFF, for right-hand por-
     tion.  CCFF  has the default  definition of printing  the page
     number; the other two strings are undefined.

.CCDD  Centered  display.  Center individually every  line within a
     display.

.DDAA  Set the date.

.DDEE  Mark the end of a display.  Do _n_o_t use after the macros .LLDD,
     .CCDD, or .RRDD.

.DDSS  Mark  the beginning of  a display.  Do _n_o_t  use for displays
     longer than one page.

.FFEE  Mark the end of a footnote entry.

.FFSS  Mark the beginning of a footenote entry.

.II   Italic font.  Used like .BB, above.

.IIDD  Indent a display 1/2 inch before printing.

.IIPP  Indent a paragraph  of text before printing.  This macro can
     take  two arguments:  argument 1  is used as  a ttaagg  that is


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     printed to the left of  the first line of the paragraph; ar-
     gument  2 indicates  how  far to  indent  the paragraph,  in
     characters (the default is five characters, or 1/2 inch).

.KKEE  Indicate the  end of a _k_e_e_p, or a  portion of text that must
     not be broken between two pages.

.KKFF  Start floating keep.

.KKSS  Indicate the beginning of a _k_e_e_p.

.LLDD  Set a display flush left; used with displays that are longer
     than one page.

.NNHH   Set a  numbered heading.  This  macro takes  two arguments.
     Argument 1  is the text  of the heading; if  longer than one
     word, it must be enclosed in quotation marks.  Argument 2 is
     the _d_e_p_t_h of numbering;  for example, a `4' here would yield
     a number  of the format ``1.1.1.1''.   No number higher than
     five is accepted here.

.PPPP  Begin a new paragraph.

.QQEE  Mark the end of a quoted paragraph.

.QQPP  Quoted paragraph.  Used like .IIPP, above.

.QQSS  Mark the beginning of  quoted text; text is indented by five
     characters (1/2 inch).

.RR   Roman font.  Used like .BB, above.

.RREE  Mark the end of a relative indentation.

.RRSS  Mark  the beginning of  a relative indentation.   A relative
     indentation is a block of text that is indented five charac-
     ters (1/2 inch) more than the text before it.

.SSHH   Subheading.   One  line  of  space  is  inserted,  and  the
     following line of text is set boldface and centered.

.TTAA  Set tabs, in characters.

.TTLL  Title: format  the title entry on the cover  page of a docu-
     ment.

***** Files *****

/usr/lib/tmac.s

***** See Also *****

man, nroff, technical information, troff
_I_n_t_r_o_d_u_c_t_i_o_n _t_o _n_r_o_f_f, _T_e_x_t _P_r_o_c_e_s_s_i_n_g _L_a_n_g_u_a_g_e, tutorial



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