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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:44:05 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:44:05 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1.23.0.upstream/1.23.0upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/tmac/groff_me.7.man b/tmac/groff_me.7.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38735d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/tmac/groff_me.7.man @@ -0,0 +1,601 @@ +'\" t +.TH groff_me @MAN7EXT@ "@MDATE@" "groff @VERSION@" +.SH Name +groff_me \- \(lqme\(rq macro package for formatting +.I roff +documents +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.\" Legal Terms +.\" ==================================================================== +.\" +.\" Copyright (C) 1980, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in +.\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the +.\" distribution. +.\" 3. [Deleted. See +.\" ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change] +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its +.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived +.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" +.\" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A +.\" PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR +.\" CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, +.\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT +.\" LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF +.\" USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND +.\" ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, +.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT +.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)me.7 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93 +.\" +.\" Modified for groff by jjc@jclark.com +.\" Changed to use TBL and eliminate low-level troff hackery by ESR +.\" (this enables it to be lifted to structural markup). +. +. +.\" Save and disable compatibility mode (for, e.g., Solaris 10/11). +.do nr *groff_groff_me_7_man_C \n[.cp] +.cp 0 +. +.\" Define fallback for groff 1.23's MR macro if the system lacks it. +.nr do-fallback 0 +.if !\n(.f .nr do-fallback 1 \" mandoc +.if \n(.g .if !d MR .nr do-fallback 1 \" older groff +.if !\n(.g .nr do-fallback 1 \" non-groff *roff +.if \n[do-fallback] \{\ +. de MR +. ie \\n(.$=1 \ +. I \%\\$1 +. el \ +. IR \%\\$1 (\\$2)\\$3 +. . +.\} +.rr do-fallback +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Synopsis +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.SY "groff \-me" +.RI [ option\~ .\|.\|.\&] +.RI [ file\~ .\|.\|.] +. +.SY "groff \-m me" +.RI [ option\~ .\|.\|.\&] +.RI [ file\~ .\|.\|.] +.YS +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Description +.\" ==================================================================== +. +The GNU implementation of the +.I me +macro package is part of the +.I groff +document formatting system. +. +The +.I me +package of macro definitions for the +.I roff +language provides a convenient facility for preparing technical papers +in various formats. +. +This version is based on the +.I me +distributed with 4.4BSD and can be used with the GNU +.I troff +formatter as well as those descended from AT&T +.IR troff . +. +. +.P +Some formatter requests affect page layout unpredictably when used in +conjunction with this package; +however, +the following may be used with impunity after the first call to a +paragraphing macro like +.B lp +or +.BR pp . +. +Some arguments are optional; +see +.MR groff @MAN7EXT@ +for details, +particularly of requests whose argument list is designated with an +ellipsis. +. +An asterisk +.B * +marks +.I groff +extensions. +. +. +.P +.TS +Lb1 Li L. +ad c set text adjustment mode to \fIc +af r f assign format \fIf\fP to register \fIr +am m e append to macro \fIm\fP until \fIe\fP called +as s t append rest of line \fIt\fP to string \fIs +bp n begin new page numbered \fIn +br \& break output line +ce n center next \fIn\fP output lines +cp n en-/disable AT&T \fItroff\fP compatibility mode\fB* +de m e define macro \fIm\fP until \fIe\fP called +do t interpret input \fIt\fP with compatibility mode off\fB* +ds s t define rest of line \fIt\fP as string \fIs +el t interpret \fIt\fP if corresponding \fBie\fP false +fc c d set field delimiter \fIc\fP and padding glyph \fId +fi \& enable filling +hc c set hyphenation character to \fIc +hy m set automatic hyphenation mode to \fIm +ie p t as \fBif\fP, but enable interpretation of later \fBel +if p t if condition \fIp\/\fP, interpret rest of line \fIt +in h set indentation to distance \fIh\fP +lc c set leader repetition glyph to \fIc +ls n set line spacing to \fIn +mc c h set (right) margin glyph to \fIc\fP at distance \fIh +mk r mark vertical position in register \fIr\fP +na \& disable adjustment of text +ne v need vertical space of distance \fIv +nf \& disable filling +nh \& disable automatic hyphenation +nr r n i assign register \fIr\fP value \fIn\fP with \ +auto-increment \fIi +ns \& begin no-space mode +pl v set page length to \fIv +pn n set next page number to \fIn +po h set page offset to \fIh +rj n right-align next \fIn\fP output lines\fB* +rm m remove macro, string, or request \fIm +rn m n rename macro, string, or request \fIm\fP to \fIn +rr r remove register \fIr +rs \& resume spacing (end no-space mode) +rt v return to vertical position set by \fBmk\fP, or \fIv +so f source (interpolate) input file \fIf +sp n insert \fIn\fP lines of vertical space +ta \fR.\|.\|. set tab stops +tc c set tab repetition glyph to \fIc +ti h set temporary indentation (next line only) to \fIh +tl \fR.\|.\|. output three-part title +tr \fR.\|.\|. translate characters +ul n underline next \fIn\fP output lines +.TE +. +. +.P +Except on title pages +(produced by calling +.BR tp ), +.I me +suppresses the output of vertical space at the tops of pages +(after the output of any page header); +the +.B sp +request will thus not work there. +. +You can instead call +.B bl +or enclose the desired spacing request in a diversion, +for instance by calling +.B (b +and +.BR )b . +. +.I me +also intercepts the +.B ll +request; +see the +.RI \[lq] me +Reference Manual\[rq] +for details. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS "Name space" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +Objects in +.I me +follow a rigid naming convention. +. +To avoid conflict, +any user-defined register, +string, +or macro +names should be single numerals or uppercase letters, +or any longer sequence of letters and numerals +with at least one uppercase letter. +. +(For portability between BSD and +.I groff +.IR me , +limit names to +two characters, +and avoid the name +.B [ +(left square bracket).) +. +The names employed +by any preprocessors in use +should also not be repurposed. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS Macros +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.ne 2v \" Keep at least the first entry together with the heading. +.TS +Lb L. +$0 post-section heading hook +$1 pre-section depth 1 hook +$2 pre-section depth 2 hook +$3 pre-section depth 3 hook +$4 pre-section depth 4 hook +$5 pre-section depth 5 hook +$6 pre-section depth 6 hook +$C post-chapter title hook +$H page/column heading hook +$c output chapter number and title +$f output footer +$h output header +$p output section heading +$s output footnote area separator +(b begin block +(c begin centered block +(d begin delayed text +(f begin footnote +(l begin list +(q begin long quotation +(x begin index entry +(z begin floating keep +)b end block +)c end centered block +)d end delayed text +)f end footnote +)l end list +)q end long quotation +)x end index entry +)z end floating keep +++ set document segment type ++c begin chapter +1c end multi-column layout +2c begin multi-column layout +EN end \fI@g@eqn\fP equation +EQ begin \fI@g@eqn\fP equation +GE end \fI@g@grn\fP picture with drawing position at bottom +GF end \fI@g@grn\fP picture with drawing position at top +GS start \fI@g@grn\fP picture +IE end \fIideal\fP picture with drawing position at bottom +IF end \fIideal\fP picture with drawing position at top +IS start \fIideal\fP picture +PE end \fI@g@pic\fP picture with drawing position at bottom +PF end \fI@g@pic\fP picture with drawing position at top +PS start \fI@g@pic\fP picture +TE end \fI@g@tbl\fP table +TH end heading for multi-page \fI@g@tbl\fP table +TS start \fI@g@tbl\fP table +b embolden argument +ba set base indentation +bc begin new column +bi embolden and italicize argument +bx box argument +ef set even-numbered page footer +eh set even-numbered page header +ep end page +fo set footer +he set header +hl draw horizontal line +hx suppress next page's headers/footers +i italicize argument +ip begin indented paragraph +ld reset localization and date registers and strings\fB* +ll set line length +lp begin fully left-aligned paragraph +np begin numbered paragraph +of set odd-numbered page footer +oh set odd-numbered page header +pd output delayed text +pp begin first-line indented paragraph +q quote argument +r set argument in roman +re reset tab stops +sh begin numbered section +sm set argument at smaller type size +sx change section depth +sz set type size and vertical spacing +tp begin title page +u underline argument +uh begin unnumbered section +xl set line length (local) +xp output index +.TE +. +. +.P +Some macros are provided for \(lqold\(rq +.MR roff 1 +compatibility. +. +The +.RI \(lq me +Reference Manual\(rq +describes alternatives for modern documents. +. +. +.P +.ne 2v \" Keep at least the first entry together with the heading. +.TS +Lb L. +ar use Arabic numerals for page numbers +bl insert space (even at page top; cf.\& \fBsp\fP) +ix set indentation without break +m1 set page top to header distance +m2 set header to text distance +m3 set text to footer distance +m4 set footer to page bottom distance +n1 begin output line numbering +n2 end or alter output line numbering +pa begin page +ro use Roman numerals for page numbers +sk skip next page +.TE +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS Registers +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.ne 2v \" Keep at least the first entry together with the heading. +.TS +Lb L. +$0 section depth +$1 first section number component +$2 second section number component +$3 third section number component +$4 fourth section number component +$5 fifth section number component +$6 sixth section number component +$c current column number +$d delayed text number +$f footnote number +$i paragraph base indentation +$l column width +$m number of available columns +$p numbered paragraph number +$s column spacing (indentation) +bi display (block) indentation +bm distance from text area to page bottom +bs display (block) pre/post space +bt block threshold for keeps +ch current chapter number +df display font +dv vertical spacing of displayed text (as percentage)\fB* +es equation pre/post space +ff footnote font +fi footnote indentation (first line only) +fm footer margin +fp footnote type size in points +fs footnote prespace +fu footnote undent (right indentation) +hm header margin +ii indented paragraph indentation +no line numbering offset\fB* +pf paragraph font +pi paragraph indentation +po page offset +pp paragraph type size in points +ps paragraph prespace +qi long quotation left/right indentation +qp long quotation type size in points +qs long quotation pre/post space +sf section title font +si section indentation per level of depth +so additional section title offset +sp section title type size in points +ss section prespace +sx super/subscript line height increase\fB* +tf title font +tm distance from page top to text area +tp title type size in points +tv vertical spacing of text (as percentage)\fB* +xs index entry prespace +xu index undent (right indentation) +y2 year of the century\fB* +y4 year\fB* +yr year minus 1900 +zs floating keep pre/post space +.TE +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS Strings +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.ne 2v \" Keep at least the first entry together with the heading. +.TS +Lb L. +# delayed text marker +$n concatenated section number +* footnote marker +\- em dash +< begin subscripting +> end subscripting +dw weekday name +lq left double quotation mark +mo month name +rq right double quotation mark +td date +wa term for \(lqappendix\(rq used by \fB.$c* +wc term for \(lqchapter\(rq used by \fB.$c* +{ begin superscripting +} end superscripting +.TE +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Files +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.TP +.I @MACRODIR@/e.tmac +implements the package. +. +. +.TP +.I @MACRODIR@/refer\-me.tmac +implements +.MR @g@refer @MAN1EXT@ +support for +.IR me . +. +. +.TP +.I @MACRODIR@/me.tmac +is a wrapper enabling the package to be loaded with +.RB \[lq] "groff \-m me" \[rq]. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Notes +.\" ==================================================================== +. +Early +.I roff +macro packages often limited their names to a single letter, +which followed the formatter's +.B m +flag letter, +resulting in +.IR mm , +.IR ms , +.IR mv , +.IR mn , +and so on. +. +.\" 'When I started writing the -me macros it began as something in my +.\" private tree (I don't remember what I called it). Then some other +.\" folks on the INGRES project wanted to use it, but our system admin +.\" at the time didn't want to dicker with the system namespace at the +.\" behest of a mere undergraduate, so he didn't like anything that was +.\" actually descriptive lest people think it was "official". He +.\" finally consented to "-meric" (which I always hated), since it was +.\" obviously non-official. By the time my macros became popular around +.\" Berkeley it got shortened to "-me", much to my relief. +.\" +.\" Of course, if AT&T had been willing to let Berkeley have -ms then +.\" most likely -me would never have happened at all. Without a macro +.\" package, nroff/troff is basically unusable; -me stepped into the +.\" vacuum.' -- Eric Allman +.\" +.\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2018-November/017033.html +. +The \(lqe\(rq in \(lqme\(rq stands for \(lqEric P.\& Allman\(rq, +who wrote the macro package and the original technical papers +documenting it while an undergraduate at the University of California. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH "See also" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +. +Two manuals are available in source and rendered form. +. +On your system, +they may be compressed and/or available in additional formats. +. +. +.br +.ne 3v +.TP +.I @DOCDIR@/meintro.me +.TQ +.I @DOCDIR@/meintro.ps +is +\[lq]Writing Papers with +.I Groff +Using +.RI \- me \[rq], +by Eric P.\& Allman, +adapted for +.I groff +by James Clark. +. +. +.br +.ne 4v +.TP +.I @DOCDIR@/meref.me +.TQ +.I @DOCDIR@/meref.ps +is the +.RI \[lq] me +Reference Manual\[rq], +by Eric P.\& Allman, +adapted for +.I groff +by James Clark and G.\& Branden Robinson. +. +. +.P +.IR "Groff: The GNU Implementation of troff" , +by Trent A.\& Fisher and Werner Lemberg, +is the primary +.I groff +manual. +. +You can browse it interactively with \[lq]info groff\[rq]. +. +. +.P +For preprocessors supported by +.IR me , +see +.MR @g@eqn @MAN1EXT@ , +.MR @g@grn @MAN1EXT@ , +.MR @g@pic @MAN1EXT@ , +.MR @g@refer @MAN1EXT@ , +and +.MR @g@tbl @MAN1EXT@ . +. +. +.P +.MR groff @MAN1EXT@ , +.MR @g@troff @MAN1EXT@ , +.MR groff @MAN7EXT@ +. +. +.\" Restore compatibility mode (for, e.g., Solaris 10/11). +.cp \n[*groff_groff_me_7_man_C] +.do rr *groff_groff_me_7_man_C +. +. +.\" Local Variables: +.\" fill-column: 72 +.\" mode: nroff +.\" End: +.\" vim: set filetype=groff textwidth=72: |