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.TH MLA 6 CONTRIB
.\" Copyright © 2006 Benjamin T. D. Newman
.SH NAME
mla \- macros for MLA format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B troff -mla
[
.I options
]
.I file ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
This package of
.I nroff
and 
.IR troff (1)
macro definitions provides a canned formatting facility for papers in the Modern Language Association (MLA) format.
.PP
The macro requests are defined below.
.SH FILES
.B /sys/lib/tmac/tmac.la
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR troff (1),
.IR ms (6)
.PP
Various books that the MLA wants you to buy.
.SH BUGS
Does not support all MLA options.
.LP
Not well tested.
.LP
The UL macro does not work when the underlined text is on more than one line (neither does 
.IR ms (6)!).
.SH REQUESTS
.B ML
.I first last teacher class date title
\- call at the beginning of the document to set everything up
.br
.B PP
\- begin a new paragraph
.br
.B WC
\- begin works cited page
.br
.B CI
\- begin a new citation for the works cited page
.br
.B QS
\- start a block quote
.br
.B QE
\- end a block quote
.br
.B UL
.I underlined 
[
.I append
[
.I prepend
]
]
\- underline text, does not work with
.I nroff

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