4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat7/man.0

MAN(7)                                                                  MAN(7)


NAME
       man - macros to typeset manual

SYNOPSIS
       nroff  -man  file ...

       troff  -man  file ...

DESCRIPTION
       These macros are used to lay out pages of this manual.  A skeleton page
       may be found in the file /usr/man/man0/xx.

       Any text argument t may be zero to six words.  Quotes may  be  used  to
       include  blanks  in  a  ‘word’.  If text is empty, special treatment is
       applied to the next input line with text to be printed.  In this way .I
       may  be used to italicize a whole line, or .SM may be followed by .B to
       make small bold letters.

       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.

       Type font and size are reset to default values before  each  paragraph,
       and after processing font and size setting macros.

       These strings are predefined by -man:

       \*R    ‘(Reg)’, trademark symbol in troff.

       \*S    Change to default type size.

FILES
       /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an
       /usr/man/man0/xx

SEE ALSO
       troff(1), man(1)

BUGS
       Relative indents don’t nest.

REQUESTS
                            Request      Cause If            no    Explanation
                                         Break Argument                     .B
                            t         no    t=n.t.l.*Text   t  is  bold.   .BI
                            t        no    t=n.t.l. Join words of t  alternat‐
                            ing        bold       and       italic.        .BR
                            t        no    t=n.t.l. Join words of t  alternat‐
                            ing   bold   and   Roman.   .DT          no    .5i
                            1i...Restore       default       tabs.         .HP
                            i        yes   i=p.i.*  Set  prevailing  indent to
                            i.   Begin  paragraph  with  hanging  indent.   .I
                            t         no    t=n.t.l. Text  t  is  italic.  .IB
                            t        no    t=n.t.l. Join words of t  alternat‐
                            ing      italic      and      bold.      .IP     x
                            i      yes   x=""     Same as .TP with tag x.  .IR
                            t        no    t=n.t.l. Join  words of t alternat‐
                            ing          italic           and           Roman.
                            .LP          yes   -        Same   as   .PP.   .PD
                            d        no    d=.4v    Interparagraph distance is
                            d.   .PP          yes   -        Begin  paragraph.
                            Set      prevailing      indent      to       .5i.
                            .RE          yes   -        End     of    relative
                            indent.  Set prevailing indent to amount of start‐
                            ing  .RS.   .RB t        no    t=n.t.l. Join words
                            of   t   alternating   Roman   and   bold.     .RI
                            t        no    t=n.t.l. Join  words of t alternat‐
                            ing       Roman       and       italic.        .RS
                            i        yes   i=p.i.   Start   relative   indent,
                            move left margin in distance  i.   Set  prevailing
                            indent   to   .5i   for   nested   indents.    .SH
                            t        yes   t=n.t.l. Subhead.               .SM
                            t        no    t=n.t.l. Text  t is small.  .TH n c
                            x v m      yes      -Begin page named n of chapter
                            c;  x  is extra commentary, e.g. ‘local’, for page
                            foot center; v alters page foot  left,  e.g.  ‘4th
                            Berkeley Distribution’; m alters page head center,
                            e.g. ‘Brand X Programmer’s Manual’.  Set  prevail‐
                            ing    indent    and    tabs    to    .5i.     .TP
                            i        yes   i=p.i.   Set prevailing  indent  to
                            i.   Begin  indented  paragraph  with  hanging tag
                            given by next text  line.   If  tag  doesn’t  fit,
                            place it on separate line.

       * n.t.l. = next text line; p.i. = prevailing indent


7th Edition                      May 15, 1986                           MAN(7)