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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MPM 6
        !             2: .CT 1 writing_troff
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: mpm, mspe \- macros for page makeup
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B troff -mpm
        !             7: .I file ...
        !             8: .PP
        !             9: .B troff -mspe
        !            10: .I file ...
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: These
        !            13: .IR troff (1)
        !            14: macros, largely compatible with
        !            15: .IR ms (6),
        !            16: make better pages.
        !            17: They silently invoke and provide information to a
        !            18: postprocessor that moves floating figures, avoids widows, and justifies
        !            19: pages vertically by stretching vertical spaces that result from 
        !            20: .BR .PP ,
        !            21: .BR .LP ,
        !            22: .BR .IP ,
        !            23: .BR .QP ,
        !            24: .BR .SH ,
        !            25: .BR .NH ,
        !            26: .BR .DS / .DE ,
        !            27: .BR .EQ / .EN ,
        !            28: .BR .TS / .TE ,
        !            29: .BR .PS / .PE ,
        !            30: .BR .P1 / .P2 ,
        !            31: and
        !            32: .BR .QS / .QE .
        !            33: The packages support different styles:
        !            34: .TP
        !            35: -mpm
        !            36: generic 
        !            37: .TP
        !            38: .B -mspe
        !            39: .I Software\(emPractice and Experience
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: The following macros are different from or not part of
        !            42: .BR -ms .
        !            43: Values denoted
        !            44: .I n
        !            45: have default value
        !            46: .BR 1v .
        !            47: .TP
        !            48: .BR .BP
        !            49: Begin a new page.
        !            50: .PD 0
        !            51: .TP
        !            52: .B .FL
        !            53: Flush: force out previous keeps.
        !            54: .TP
        !            55: .B .FC
        !            56: Finish a two-column region and start a new one.
        !            57: .TP
        !            58: .BI .KF \ m
        !            59: Floating keep, with preferred center at vertical position
        !            60: .IR m .
        !            61: Special values
        !            62: .L top
        !            63: (default) and
        !            64: .L bottom
        !            65: are permitted.
        !            66: .TP
        !            67: .BI .NE \ n
        !            68: Start new page if remaining vertical space on this page
        !            69: is less than
        !            70: .I n .
        !            71: .TP
        !            72: .B .P1
        !            73: Begin a program display (Courier font).
        !            74: .TP
        !            75: .B .P2
        !            76: End a program display.
        !            77: .TP
        !            78: .BI .P3
        !            79: Insert optional break point in program display.
        !            80: .TP
        !            81: .BI .SP " n " exactly
        !            82: .br
        !            83: .ns
        !            84: .TP
        !            85: .BI .SP " n " 
        !            86: Insert vertical space of height
        !            87: .I n,
        !            88: stretchable unless
        !            89: .B exactly
        !            90: is present.
        !            91: .TP
        !            92: .BI .Tm " text"
        !            93: Place page number and
        !            94: .I text
        !            95: on the standard error output.
        !            96: .TP
        !            97: .BI .X " text"
        !            98: Present
        !            99: .I text
        !           100: to the hidden page-makeup program
        !           101: as part of a device-dependent output sequence
        !           102: .BR x
        !           103: .BR X
        !           104: .IR "text" .
        !           105: Equivalent to
        !           106: .BI \eX' text ' .
        !           107: .PD
        !           108: .PP
        !           109: Useful number registers:
        !           110: .PD 0
        !           111: .TP
        !           112: .B HM
        !           113: Header margin; default 1 inch.
        !           114: .TP
        !           115: .B FM
        !           116: Footer margin; default 1 inch.
        !           117: .TP
        !           118: .B FO
        !           119: Footer position; default 10 inches.
        !           120: .TP
        !           121: .B %#
        !           122: Page number of current page.
        !           123: .TP
        !           124: .BR dP , dV
        !           125: Shrinkage of point size and vertical spacing for
        !           126: .BR .P1 ,
        !           127: in points.
        !           128: .PD
        !           129: .PP
        !           130: Useful strings:
        !           131: .PD 0
        !           132: .TP
        !           133: .BR %e , %o
        !           134: Even and odd page title commands, as
        !           135: .BR .tl\ '''' .
        !           136: .PD
        !           137: .SH FILES
        !           138: .F /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.pm
        !           139: .br
        !           140: .F /usr/lib/tmac/pm
        !           141: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           142: .IR ms (6), 
        !           143: .IR troff (1)
        !           144: .br
        !           145: B. W. Kernighan and C. J. Van Wyk,
        !           146: `The \-mpm Macro Package',
        !           147: this manual, Volume\ 2
        !           148: .SH BUGS
        !           149: These features of
        !           150: .B -ms
        !           151: are missing:
        !           152: .PD0
        !           153: .IP
        !           154: Document styles other than the default
        !           155: .BR .RP .
        !           156: .br
        !           157: Space between front matter and first paragraph.
        !           158: Recover it with
        !           159: .BR ".SP 2" .
        !           160: .br
        !           161: Separating rule above footnotes.
        !           162: .br
        !           163: Keeps assigned to a separate page.
        !           164: .br
        !           165: Pages with more than two columns.
        !           166: .LP
        !           167: .I Troff
        !           168: option
        !           169: .B -o
        !           170: doesn't work with
        !           171: .BR -mpm 
        !           172: because only the postprocessor knows the page numbers.
        !           173: .PD

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