NAME
man – macros to typeset manual |
SYNOPSIS
nroff –man file ...
troff –man file ... |
DESCRIPTION
These macros are used to format pages of this manual. Except in .LR and .RL requests, any text argument denoted t in the request summary may be zero to six words. Quotes " ... " may be used to include blanks in a `word'. If t is empty, the special treatment is applied to the next text input line (the next line that doesn't begin with dot). In this way, for example, .I may be used to italicize a line of more than 6 words, or .SM followed by .B to make small letters in `bold' font. A prevailing indent distance is remembered between successive indented paragraphs, and is reset to default value upon reaching a non–indented paragraph. Default units for indents i are ens.
The fonts are Type font and size are reset to default values before each paragraph, and after processing font– or size–setting macros. The –man macros admit equations and tables in the style of eqn(1) and tbl(1), but do not support arguments on .EQ and .TS macros.
These strings are predefined by –man: |
FILES
/sys/lib/tmac/tmac.an |
SEE ALSO
troff(1), man(1) |
REQUESTS
Request Cause If no Explanation
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* n.t.l. = next text line; p.i. = prevailing indent
BUGS
There's no way to fool troff into handling literal double quote
marks " in font–alternation macros, such as .BI. There is no direct way to suppress column widows in 2–column output; the column lengths may be adjusted by inserting .sp requests before the closing .1C. |