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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MM 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: mm \- print out documents formatted with the \s-1MM\s+1 macros
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B mm
        !             6: [ options ] [ files ]
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Mm\^
        !             9: can be used to type out documents using
        !            10: .IR nroff (1)
        !            11: and the
        !            12: .SM MM
        !            13: text-formatting macro package.
        !            14: It has options to specify
        !            15: preprocessing by
        !            16: .IR tbl (1)
        !            17: and/or
        !            18: .IR neqn (1)
        !            19: and postprocessing by various terminal-oriented output filters.
        !            20: The proper pipelines and the
        !            21: required arguments and flags for
        !            22: .IR nroff (1)
        !            23: and
        !            24: .SM MM
        !            25: are generated, depending on the options selected.
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: .I Options\^
        !            28: for
        !            29: .I mm\^
        !            30: are given below.
        !            31: Any other arguments or flags (e.g.,
        !            32: .BR \-rC3 )
        !            33: are passed
        !            34: to
        !            35: .IR nroff (1)
        !            36: or to
        !            37: .SM MM\*S,
        !            38: as appropriate.
        !            39: Such options can occur in any order,
        !            40: but they must appear before the
        !            41: .I files\^
        !            42: arguments.
        !            43: If no arguments are given,
        !            44: .I mm\^
        !            45: prints a list of its options.
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: .PD 0
        !            48: .TP 9
        !            49: .BI \-T term
        !            50: Specifies the type of output terminal;
        !            51: for a list of recognized values for
        !            52: .IR term ,
        !            53: type
        !            54: .BR "help term2" .
        !            55: If this option is
        !            56: .I not\^
        !            57: used,
        !            58: .I mm\^
        !            59: will use the value of the shell variable
        !            60: .SM
        !            61: .B $TERM
        !            62: from the environment (see
        !            63: .IR profile (5)
        !            64: and
        !            65: .IR environ (7))
        !            66: as the value of
        !            67: .IR term ,
        !            68: if
        !            69: .SM
        !            70: .B $TERM
        !            71: is set;
        !            72: otherwise,
        !            73: .I mm\^
        !            74: will use
        !            75: .B 450
        !            76: as the value of
        !            77: .IR term .
        !            78: If several terminal types are specified,
        !            79: the last one takes precedence.
        !            80: .TP
        !            81: .B \-12
        !            82: Indicates that the document is to be produced in 12-pitch.
        !            83: May be used when
        !            84: .SM
        !            85: .B $TERM
        !            86: is set to one of
        !            87: .BR 300 ,
        !            88: .BR 300s ,
        !            89: .BR 450 ,
        !            90: and
        !            91: .BR 1620 .
        !            92: (The pitch switch on the
        !            93: .SM DASI
        !            94: 300 and 300s terminals must be manually
        !            95: set to
        !            96: .B 12
        !            97: if this option is used.)
        !            98: .TP
        !            99: .B \-c
        !           100: Causes
        !           101: .I mm\^
        !           102: to invoke
        !           103: .IR col (1);
        !           104: note that
        !           105: .IR col (1)
        !           106: is invoked automatically by
        !           107: .I mm\^
        !           108: unless
        !           109: .I term\^
        !           110: is one of
        !           111: .BR 300 ,
        !           112: .BR 300s ,
        !           113: .BR 450 ,
        !           114: .BR 37 ,
        !           115: .BR 4000A ,
        !           116: .BR 382 ,
        !           117: .BR 4014 ,
        !           118: .BR tek ,
        !           119: .BR 1620 ,
        !           120: and
        !           121: .BR X .
        !           122: .TP
        !           123: .B \-e
        !           124: Causes
        !           125: .I mm\^
        !           126: to invoke
        !           127: .IR neqn (1);
        !           128: also causes
        !           129: .I neqn
        !           130: to read the
        !           131: .B /usr/pub/eqnchar
        !           132: file (see
        !           133: .IR eqnchar (7)).
        !           134: .TP
        !           135: .B \-t
        !           136: Causes
        !           137: .I mm\^
        !           138: to invoke
        !           139: .IR tbl (1).
        !           140: .TP
        !           141: .B \-E
        !           142: Invokes the
        !           143: .B \-e
        !           144: option of
        !           145: .IR nroff (1).
        !           146: .TP
        !           147: .B \-y
        !           148: Causes
        !           149: .I mm\^
        !           150: to use the non-compacted version of the macros (see
        !           151: .IR mm (7)).
        !           152: .PD
        !           153: .PP
        !           154: As an example (assuming that the shell variable
        !           155: .SM
        !           156: .B $TERM
        !           157: is set in the environment to
        !           158: .BR 450 ),
        !           159: the two command lines below are equivalent:
        !           160: .RS
        !           161: .PP
        !           162: mm \|\-t \|\-rC3 \|\-12 \|ghh\(**
        !           163: .br
        !           164: tbl \|ghh\(** \|\(bv \|nroff \|\-cm \|\-T450\-12 \|\-h \|\-rC3
        !           165: .RE
        !           166: .PP
        !           167: .I Mm\^
        !           168: reads the standard input
        !           169: when
        !           170: .B \-
        !           171: is specified
        !           172: instead of any file names.
        !           173: (Mentioning other files together with
        !           174: .B \-
        !           175: leads to disaster.)\ 
        !           176: This option allows
        !           177: .I mm\^
        !           178: to be used as a filter, e.g.:
        !           179: .RS
        !           180: .PP
        !           181: cat \|dws \|\(bv \|mm \|\-
        !           182: .RE
        !           183: .SH HINTS
        !           184: .PD 0
        !           185: .TP
        !           186: 1.
        !           187: .I Mm\^
        !           188: invokes
        !           189: .IR nroff (1)
        !           190: with the
        !           191: .B \-h
        !           192: flag.
        !           193: With this flag,
        !           194: .IR nroff (1)
        !           195: assumes that the terminal has tabs set
        !           196: every 8 character positions.
        !           197: .TP
        !           198: 2.
        !           199: Use the
        !           200: .BI \-o list\^
        !           201: option of
        !           202: .IR nroff (1)
        !           203: to specify ranges of pages to be output.
        !           204: Note, however, that
        !           205: .IR mm ,
        !           206: if invoked with
        !           207: one or more of the
        !           208: .BR \-e ,
        !           209: .BR \-t ,
        !           210: and
        !           211: .B \-
        !           212: options,
        !           213: .I together\^
        !           214: with the
        !           215: .BI \-o list\^
        !           216: option of
        !           217: .IR nroff (1)
        !           218: may cause a harmless ``broken pipe'' diagnostic
        !           219: if the last page of the document is not specified in
        !           220: .IR list .
        !           221: .TP
        !           222: 3.
        !           223: If you use the
        !           224: .B \-s
        !           225: option of
        !           226: .IR nroff (1)
        !           227: (to stop between pages of output),
        !           228: use line-feed (rather than return or new-line)
        !           229: to restart the output.
        !           230: The
        !           231: .B \-s
        !           232: option of
        !           233: .IR nroff (1)
        !           234: does not work with the
        !           235: .B \-c
        !           236: option of
        !           237: .IR mm ,
        !           238: or if
        !           239: .I mm\^
        !           240: automatically invokes
        !           241: .IR col (1)
        !           242: (see
        !           243: .B \-c
        !           244: option above).
        !           245: .TP
        !           246: 4.
        !           247: If you lie to
        !           248: .I mm\^
        !           249: about the kind of terminal its output will be printed on,
        !           250: you'll get (often subtle) garbage;
        !           251: however, if you are redirecting output into a file, use the
        !           252: .B \-T37
        !           253: option, and then use the appropriate terminal filter when you actually print that file.
        !           254: .PD
        !           255: .br
        !           256: .ne 4
        !           257: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           258: .tr ~
        !           259: .PD 0
        !           260: col(1), env(1), eqn(1), greek(1), mmt(1), nroff(1), tbl(1),
        !           261: profile(5), mm(7), term(7).
        !           262: .PP
        !           263: .I "\s-1MM\s+1\-Memorandum Macros\^"
        !           264: by D.~W. Smith and J.~R. Mashey.
        !           265: .PP
        !           266: .I "Typing Documents with \s-1MM\s+1\|"
        !           267: by D.~W. Smith and E.~M. Piskorik.
        !           268: .PD
        !           269: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           270: .tr ~~
        !           271: ``mm: \|no input file''\| if
        !           272: none of the arguments is a readable file and
        !           273: .I mm\^
        !           274: is not used as a filter.

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