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+<h3 class="section" id="Macro-Directories-1">2.3 Macro Directories</h3>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-macro-directories"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-directories-for-macros"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-searching-macros"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-macros_002c-searching"></a>
+
+<p>A macro file must have a name in the form <code class="code"><var class="var">name</var>.tmac</code> or
+<code class="code">tmac.<var class="var">name</var></code> and be placed in a <em class="dfn">tmac directory</em> to be
+found by the <samp class="option">-m<var class="var">name</var></samp> command-line option.<a class="footnote" id="DOCF5" href="groff.html_fot.html#FOOT5"><sup>5</sup></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-tmac_002c-directory"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-directory_002c-for-tmac-files"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-tmac_002c-path"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-path_002c-for-tmac-files"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-locating-macro-files"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-macro-file-search-path"></a>
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+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-locating-macro-packages"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-macro-package-search-path"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-package_002c-macro_002c-search-path"></a>
+Together, these directories constitute the <em class="dfn">tmac path</em>. Each
+directory is searched in the following order until the desired macro
+file is found or the list is exhausted.
+</p>
+<ul class="itemize mark-bullet">
+<li>Directories specified with GNU <code class="code">troff</code>&rsquo;s or <code class="code">groff</code>&rsquo;s
+<samp class="option">-M</samp> command-line option.
+
+</li><li><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-GROFF_005fTMAC_005fPATH_002c-environment-variable-1"></a>
+Directories listed in the <code class="env">GROFF_TMAC_PATH</code> environment variable.
+
+</li><li><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-safer-mode-1"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-mode_002c-safer-1"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-unsafe-mode-1"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-mode_002c-unsafe-1"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-current-directory"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-directory_002c-current"></a>
+The current working directory (only if in unsafe mode using the
+<samp class="option">-U</samp> command-line option).
+
+</li><li><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-home-directory"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-directory_002c-home"></a>
+The user&rsquo;s home directory, <code class="env">HOME</code>.
+
+</li><li><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-site_002dlocal-directory"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-directory_002c-site_002dlocal"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-platform_002dspecific-directory"></a>
+<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-directory_002c-platform_002dspecific"></a>
+A platform-dependent directory, a site-local (platform-independent)
+directory, and the main <i class="slanted">tmac</i> directory. The locations
+corresponding to your installation are listed in section &ldquo;Environment&rdquo;
+of <cite class="cite">gtroff<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>. If not otherwise configured, they are as
+follows.
+
+<div class="example">
+<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">/usr/local/lib/groff/site-tmac
+/usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac
+/usr/local/share/groff/1.23.0/tmac
+</pre></div></div>
+
+<p>The foregoing assumes that the version of <code class="code">groff</code> is 1.23.0, and
+that the installation prefix was <samp class="file">/usr/local</samp>. It is possible to
+fine-tune these locations during the source configuration process.
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