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.\" ms(7) manpage by rosenkra@convex.com (Bill Rosenkranz, 7/22/90)
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.TH MS 7 "19 October 1997" GNO "Miscellaneous"
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.SH NAME
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ms - text formatting macros
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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nroff -ms [ options ] file ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This package of nroff macro definitions provides a
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formatting facility for various styles of articles, theses, and books.
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All external -ms macros are defined below.
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.PP
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Note that this -ms macro package is a subset of the complete ms package
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since nroff(1) is not quite up to it yet.
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Still, it supports most of what is normally used, including the table
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of contents macros.
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.PP
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Some nroff requests may be unsafe in conjunction with this package.
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However, the first four requests below may be used with impunity after
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initialization, and the last two may be used even before initialization:
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.nf
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.bp begin new page
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.br break output line
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.sp n insert n spacing lines
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.ce n center next n lines
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.ls n line spacing: n=1 single, n=2 double space
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.na no alignment of right margin
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.fi
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Font changes with \\f are also allowed;
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for example, '\\fIword\\fR' will italicize word.
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.SH REQUESTS
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.nf
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.cc +
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Macro Initial Break? Explanation
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Name Value Reset?
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.AB x - y begin abstract; if x=no don't label abstract
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.AE - y end abstract
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.AI - y author's institution, centered
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.AU - y author's name, centered
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.B x - n embolden x; if no x, switch to boldface
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.I x - n italicize x; if no x, switch to italics
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.IP x - y,y indented paragraph, with hanging tag x
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.LP - y,y left (block) paragraph.
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.NH x - y,y numbered header; x=level, x=0 resets
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.PP - y,y paragraph with first line indented
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.QP - y,y quoted paragraph (indented, shorter)
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.R on n return to Roman font
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.RE - y,y end level of relative indentation
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.RS 5n y,y right shift: start level of relative indent
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.SH - y,y section header, no numbering
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.TL - y title, centered
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.XP - y,y extended paragraph (biblio entry)
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.XS p - y begin index entry, p = page
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.XA p - y another index entry, p = page
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.XE - y end index entry
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.PX - y print index (ignored)
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+cc .
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.fi
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.SH REGISTERS
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There are currently no user controlled registers in this implementation.
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.PP
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Here is a list of string registers available in -ms; they
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may be used anywhere in the text:
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.nf
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.ec |
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Name String's Function
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\*(DW weekday
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\*(MO month (month of the year)
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\*(DY day (current date)
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\*Q quote (" in nroff)
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\*U unquote (" in nroff)
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\*- dash (-- in nroff)
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.ec \
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.fi
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.SH EXAMPLES
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For an example, see the test files (*.ms) included in the distribution.
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.SH BUGS
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Probably zillions, especially considering it is so incomplete.
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However, it is useful (better than nothing at all).
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I have used this package extensively at home to write reports for work.
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The results were nearly 100% compatible with Unix (BSD).
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No support for displays and keeps, tables, boxed text, multicolumn, other
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modes (e.g. thesis mode), footnotes, and beginning/end page traps.
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Indented paragraph with tag puts the tag on its own line regardless how
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long it is.
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.SH AUTHOR
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.nf
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Adapted for Atari ST (TOS) and Minix by Bill Rosenkranz
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net: rosenkra@convex.com
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CIS: 71460,17
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GENIE: W.ROSENKRANZ
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.fi
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.SH FILES
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/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.s
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