GROFF_MM(7)                                                        GROFF_MM(7)



NAME
       groff_mm - groff mm macros

SYNOPSIS
       groff -m@TMAC_M@ [options...] [files...]

DESCRIPTION
       The groff mm macros are intended to be compatible with the DWB mm
       macros with the following limitations:

       o      no Bell Labs localisms implemented.

       o      the macros OK and PM is not implemented.

       o      groff mm does not support cut marks

       m@TMAC_M@ is intended to be international. Therefore it is possible to
       write short national macrofiles which change all english text to the
       preferred language. Use m@TMAC_M@se as an example.

       A file called locale or lang_locale is read after the initiation of the
       global variables. It is therefore possible to localize the macros with
       companyname and so on.

       In this manual square brackets is used to show optional arguments.


       Number registers and strings
       Many macros can be controlled by number registers and strings.  A
       number register is assigned with the nr command:
       .nr XXX [+-]n [i]
       XXX is the name of the register, n is the value to be assigned, and i
       is increment value for auto-increment.  n can have a plus or minus sign
       as prefix if an increment or decrement of the current value is wanted.
       (Auto-increment or decrement occurs if the number register is used with
       a plus or minus sign, \n+[XXX] or \n-[XXX].)

       Strings is defined with ds.
       .ds YYY string
       The string is assigned everything to the end of the line, even blanks.
       Initial blanks in string should be prefixed with a double-quote.
       (Strings are used in the text as \*[YYY].)

       Special formatting of number registers A number register is printed
       with normal digits if no format has been given.  Set the format with
       af:
       .af R c
       R is the name of the register, c is the format.
            Form
            Sequence 1
            0, 1, 2, 3, ...  001
            000, 001, 002, 003, ...  i
            0, i, ii, iii, iv, ...  I
            0, I, II, III, IV, ...  a
            0, a, b, c, ..., z, aa, ab, ...  A
            0, A, B, C, ..., Z, AA, AB, ...


       Macros:

       )E level text
              Adds text (heading-text) to the table of contents with level
              either 0 or between 1-7. See also .H. This macro is used for
              customized table of contents.

       1C [1] Begin one column processing. An 1 as argument disables the
              page-break.  Use wide footnotes, small footnotes may be
              overprinted.

       2C     Begin two column processing. Splits the page in two columns. It
              is a special case of MC. See also 1C.

       AE     Abstract end, see AS.

       AF [name of firm]
              Authors firm, should be called before AU, see also COVER.

       AL [type [text-indent [1]]]]
              Start autoincrement list. Items are numbered beginning on one.
              The type argument controls the type of numbers.
                   Arg
                   Description 1
                   Arabic (the default) A
                   Upper-case letters (A-Z) a
                   Lower-case letters (a-z) I
                   Upper-case roman i
                   Lower-case roman
       Text-indent sets the indent and overrides Li.  A third argument will
       prohibit printing of a blank line before each item.

       APP name text
              Begin an appendix with name name. Automatic naming occurs if
              name is "". The appendixes starts with A if auto is used.  An
              new page is ejected, and a header is also produced if the number
              variable Aph is non-zero. This is the default.  The appendix
              always appear in the 'List of contents' with correct pagenumber.
              The name APPENDIX can be changed by setting the string App to
              the desired text.  The string Apptxt contains the current
              appendix text.

       APPSK name pages text
              Same as .APP, but the pagenr is incremented with pages.  This is
              used when diagrams or other non-formatted documents are included
              as appendixes.

       AS [arg [indent]]
              Abstract start. Indent is specified in 'ens', but scaling is
              allowed.  Argument arg controls where the abstract is printed.
                   Arg
                   Placement 0
                   Abstract will be printed on page 1 and on the cover sheet
                   if used in the released-paper style (MT 4), otherwise it
                   will be printed on page 1 without a cover sheet.  1
                   Abstract will only be printed on the cover sheet (MT 4
                   only).  2
                   Abstract will be printed only on the cover sheet (other
                   than MT 4 only).  The cover sheet is printed without need
                   for CS.
       Abstract is not printed at all in external letters (MT 5).  The indent
       controls the indentation of both margins, otherwise will normal text
       indent be used.

       AST [title]
              Abstract title. Default is ABSTRACT.  Sets the text above the
              abstract text.

       AT title1 [title2 ...]
              Authors title. AT must appear just after each AU.  The title
              will show up after the name in the signature block.

       AU [name [initials [loc [dept [ext [room [arg [arg [arg]]]]]]]]]
              Author information, specifies the author of the memo or paper,
              and will be printed on the cover sheet and on other similar
              places.  AU must appear before TL. The author information can
              contain intials, location, department, telephone extension, room
              number or name and up to three extra arguments.

       AV [name [1]]
              Approval signature, generates an approval line with place for
              signature and date. The string APPROVED: can be changed with
              variable Letapp, and the string Date in Letdate.

       AVL [name]
              Letter signature, generates a line with place for signature.

       B [bold-text [prev-font-tex [bold...]]]
              Begin boldface No limit on the number of arguments.  All
              arguments will be concatenated to one word, the first, third and
              so on will be printed in boldface.

       B1     Begin box (as the ms macro) Draws a box around the text. The
              text will be indented one character, and the right margin will
              be one character shorter.

       B2     End box. Finish the box started by B1.

       BE     End bottom block, see BS.

       BI [bold-text [italic-text [bold-text [...]]]
              Bold-italic.  No limit on the number of arguments, see B.

       BL [text-indent [1]]
              Start bullet list, initialize a list with a bullet and a space
              in the beginning of each list item (see LI).  Text-indent
              overrides the default indentation of the list items set by
              number register Pi.  A third argument will prohibit printing of
              a blank line before each item.

       BR [bold-text [roman-text [bold-text [...]]]
              Bold-roman.  No limit on the number of arguments.

       BS     Bottom block start. Begins the definition of a text block wich
              is printed at the bottom of each page. Block ends with BE.

       BVL    Start of broken variable-item list.  Broken variable-item list
              has no fixed mark, it assumes that every LI has a mark instead.
              The text will always begin at the next line after the mark.
              Text-indent sets the indent to the text, and mark-indent the
              distance from the current indent to the mark.  A third argument
              will prohibit printing of a blank line before each item.

       COVER [arg]
              COVER begins a coversheet definition. It is important that
              .COVER appears before any normal text.  .COVER uses arg to build
              the filename /usr/local/share/tmac/mm/arg.cov. Therefore it is
              possible to create unlimited types of coversheets.  ms.cov is
              supposed to look like the ms coversheet.  .COVER requires a
              .COVEND at the end of the coverdefinition.  Always use this
              order of the covermacros:
              .COVER
              .TL
              .AF
              .AU
              .AT
              .AS
              .AE
              .COVEND
              However, only .TL and .AU are required.

       COVEND This finish the cover description and prints the cover-page.  It
              is defined in the cover file.

       DE     Display end. Ends a block of text, display, that begins with DS
              or DF.

       DF [format [fill [rindent]]]
              Begin floating display (no nesting allowed).  A floating display
              is saved in a queue and is printed in the order entered. Format,
              fill and rindent is the same as in DS.  Floating displays are
              controlled by the two number registers De and Df.

              De register
                   0
                   Nothing special, this is the default.  1
                   A page eject will occur after each printed display, giving
                   only one display per page and no text following it.

       Df register
            0
            Displays are printed at the end of each section (when section-page
            numbering is active) or at the end of the document.  1
            A new display will be printed on the current page is there is
            enough space, otherwise it will be printed at the end of the
            document.  2
            One display will be printed at the top of each page or column (in
            multi-column mode).  3
            Print one display if there is enough space for it, otherwise it
            will be printed at the top of the next page or column.  4
            Print as many displays that will fit in a new page or column.  A
            page break will occur between each display if De is not zero.  5
            Fill the current page with displays and the rest beginning at a
            new page or column. (This is the default.)  A page break will
            occur between each display if De is not zero.

       DL [text-indent [1]]
              Dash list start. Begins a list where each item is printed after
              a dash. Text-indent changes the default indentation of the list
              items set by number register Pi.  A third argument will prohibit
              printing of a blank line before each item.  A second argument
              prevents the empty line between each list item to be printed.
              See LI.

       DS [format [fill [rindent]]]
              Static display start.  Begins collection of text until DE.  The
              text is printed together on the same page, unless it is longer
              than the height of the page.  DS can be nested to a unlimited
              depth (reasonably :-).

              format
                   ""
                   No indentation.  none
                   No indentation.  L
                   No indentation.  I
                   Indent text with the value of number register Si.  C
                   Center each line CB
                   Center the whole display as a block.  R
                   Right adjust the lines.  RB
                   Right adjust the whole display as a block

       L, I, C and CB can also be specified as 0, 1, 2 or 3 for compatibility
       reasons. (Don't use it. :-)

       fill
            ""
            Line-filling turned off.  none
            Line-filling turned off.  N
            Line-filling turned off.  F
            Line-filling turned on.

       N and F can also be specified as 0 or 1.  An empty line will normally
       be printed before and after the display. Setting number register Ds to
       0 will prevent this.  Rindent shortens the line length by that amount.

       EC [title [override [flag [refname]]]]
              Equation title.  Sets a title for an equation. The override
              argument change the numbering.

              flag
                   none
                   override is a prefix to the number.  0
                   override is a prefix to the number.  1
                   override is a suffix to the number.  2
                   override replaces the number.
       EC uses the number register Ec as counter.  It is possible to use .af
       to change the format of the number.  If number register Of is 1, then
       the format of title will use a dash instead of a dot after the number.
       The string Le controls the title of the List of Equations, default is
       LIST OF EQUATIONS.  The List of Equations will only be printed if
       number register Le is 1, default 0.  The string Liec contains the word
       Equation, wich is printed before the number.  If refname is used, then
       the equation number is saved with .SETR, and can be retrieved with
       .GETST refname.
       Special handling of the title will occur if EC is used inside DS/DE, it
       will not be affected by the format of DS.

       EF [arg]
              Even-page footer, printed just above the normal page footer on
              even pages, see PF.

       EH [arg]
              Even-page header, printed just below the normal page header on
              even pages, see PH.

       EN     Equation end, see EQ.

       EOP    End of page user-defined macro. This macro will be called
              instead of the normal printing of the footer. The macro will be
              executed in a separate environment, without any trap active. See
              TP.

              Strings available to EOP
                   EOPf
                   Argument from PF.  EOPef
                   Argument from EF.  EOPof
                   Argument from OF.

       EPIC width height [name]
              EPIC draws a box with the given width and height, it will also
              print the text name or a default string if name is not
              specified..  This is used to include external pictures, just
              give the size of the picture.  See PIC

       EQ [label]
              Equation start.  EQ/EN are the delimiters for equations written
              for eqn.  EQ/EN must be inside a DS/DE-pair, except when EQ is
              only used to set options in eqn.  The label will appear at the
              right margin of the equation, unless number register Eq is 1.
              Then the label will appear at the left margin.

       EX [title [override [flag [refname]]]]
              Exhibit title, arguments are the same as for EC.  EX uses the
              number register Ex as counter.  The string Lx controls the title
              of the List of Exhibits, default is LIST OF EXHIBITS.  The List
              of Exhibits will only be printed if number register Lx is 1,
              default 1.  The string Liex contains the word Exhibit, wich is
              printed before the number.  If refname is used, then the exhibit
              number is saved with .SETR, and can be retrieved with .GETST
              refname.
              Special handling of the title will occur if EX is used inside
              DS/DE, it will not be affected by the format of DS.

       FC [closing]
              Prints Yours very truly, as a formal closing of a letter or
              memorandum. The argument replaces the defualt string.  The
              default is stored in string variable Letfc.

       FD [arg [1]]
              Footnote default format.  Controls the hyphenation (hyphen),
              right margin justification (adjust), indentation of footnote
              text (indent). It can also change the label justification
              (ljust).

              arg  hyphen    adjust    indent    ljust
              0    no   yes  yes  left
              1    yes  yes  yes  left
              2    no   no   yes  left
              3    yes  no   yes  left
              4    no   yes  no   left
              5    yes  yes  no   left
              6    no   no   no   left
              7    yes  no   no   left
              8    no   yes  yes  right
              9    yes  yes  yes  right
              10   no   no   yes  right
              11   yes  no   yes  right

              Argument greater than or equal to 11 is considered as arg 0.
              Default for m@TMAC_M@m is 10.

       FE     Footnote end.

       FG [title [override [flag [refname]]]]
              Figure title, arguments are the same as for EC.  FG uses the
              number register Fg as counter.  The string Lf controls the title
              of the List of Figures, default is LIST OF FIGURES.  The List of
              Figures will only be printed if number register Lf is 1, default
              1.  The string Lifg contains the word Figure, wich is printed
              before the number.  If refname is used, then the figure number
              is saved with .SETR, and can be retrieved with .GETST refname.
              Special handling of the title will occur if FG is used inside
              DS/DE, it will not be affected by the format of DS.

       FS [label]
              Footnote start.  The footnote is ended by FE. Footnotes is
              normally automatically numbered, the number is available in
              string F.  Just add \*F in the text. By adding label, it is
              possible to have other number or names on the footnotes.
              Footnotes in displays is now possible.  An empty line separates
              footnotes, the height of the line is controlled by number
              register Fs, default value is 1.

       GETHN refname [varname]
              Includes the headernumber where the corresponding SETR refname
              was placed. Will be X.X.X. in pass 1. See INITR.  If varname is
              used, GETHN sets the stringvariable varname to the headernumber.

       GETPN refname [varname]
              Includes the pagenumber where the corresponding SETR refname was
              placed. Will be 9999 in pass 1. See INITR.  If varname is used,
              GETPN sets the stringvariable varname to the pagenumber.

       GETR refname
              Combines GETHN and GETPN with the text 'chapter' and ', page'.
              The string Qrf contains the text for reference: .ds Qrf See
              chapter \\*[Qrfh], page \\*[Qrfp].
              Qrf may be changed to support other languages.  Strings Qrfh and
              Qrfp are set by GETR and contains the page and headernumber.

       GETST refname [varname]
              Includes the string saved with the second argument to .SETR.
              Will be dummystring in pass 1.  If varname is used, GETST sets
              the stringvariable varname to the saved string. See INITR.

       H level [heading-text [heading-suffix]]
              Numbered section heading.  Section headers can have a level
              between 1 and 7, level 1 is the top level. The text is given in
              heading-text, and must be surrounded by double quotes if it
              contains spaces.  Heading-suffix is added to the header in the
              text but not in the table of contents. This is normally used for
              footnote marks and similar things. Don't use \*F in
              heading-suffix, it won't work. A manual label must be used, see
              FS.

              An eventual paragraph, P, directly after H will be ignored, H is
              taking care of spacing and indentation.

              Page ejection before heading
              Number register Ej controls page ejection before the heading.
              Normally, a level one heading gets two blank lines before it,
              higher levels gets only one. A new page is ejected before each
              first-level heading if number register Ej is 1.  All levels
              below or equal the value of Ej gets a new page.  Default value
              for Ej is 0.

              Heading break level
              A line break occurs after the heading if the heading level is
              less or equal to number register Hb.  Default value 2.

              Heading space level
              A blank line is inserted after the heading if the heading level
              is less or equal to number register Hs.  Default value 2.

              Text will follow the heading on the same line if the level is
              greater than both Hb and Hs.

              Post-heading indent
              Indentation of the text after the heading is controlled by
              number register Hi, default value 0.  Hi
                   0
                   The text will be left-justified.  1
                   Indentation of the text will follow the value of number
                   register Pt, see P.  2
                   The text will be lined up with the first word of the
                   heading.

       Centered section headings
       All headings whose level is equal or below number register Hc and also
       less than or equal to Hb or Hs is centerered.

       Font control of the heading
       The font of each heading level is controlled by string HF.  It contains
       a fontnumber or fontnam for each level. Default is 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 (all
       headings in italic).  Could also be written as I I I I I I I.  All
       omitted values are presumed to be a 1.

       Point size control.
       String HP controls the pointsize of each heading, in the same way as HF
       controls the font.  A value of 0 selects the default point size.
       Default value is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. Beware that only the point size
       changes, not the vertical size.  That can be controlled by the user
       specified macro HX and/or HZ.

       Heading counters
       Seven number registers, named H1 thru H7 contains the counter for each
       heading level.  The values are printed using arabic numerals, this can
       be changed with the macro HM (see below).  All marks ar concatenated
       before printing. To avoid this, set number register Ht to 1. That will
       only print the current heading counter at each heading.

       Automatic table of contents
       All headings whose level is equal or below number register Cl is saved
       to be printed in the table of contents. Default value is 2.

       Special control of the heading, user-defined macros.
       These macros can be defined by the user to get a finer control of
       vertical spacing, fonts or other features.  Argument level is the
       level-argument to H, but 0 for unnumbered headings (see HU).  Argument
       rlevel is the real level, it is set to number register Hu for
       unnumbered headings.  Argument heading-text is the text argument to H
       and HU.

       HX level rlevel heading-text
       HX is called just before the printing of the heading.  The following
       register is available for HX.  HX may alter }0, }2 and ;3.
            string }0
            Contains the heading mark plus two spaces if rlevel is non-zero,
            otherwise empty.  register ;0
            Contains the position of the text after the heading.  0 means that
            the text should follow the heading on the same line, 1 means that
            a line break should occur before the text and 2 means that a blank
            line should separate the heading and the text.  string }2
            Contains two spaces if register ;0 is 0. It is used to separate
            the heading from the text. The string is empty if ;0 is non-zero.
            register ;3
            Contains the needed space in units after the heading.  Default is
            2v.

            Can be used to change things like numbering (}0), vertical spacing
            (}2) and the needed space after the heading.

       HY dlevel rlevel heading-text
       HY is called after size and font calculations and might be used to
       change indentation.

       HZ dlevel rlevel heading-text HZ is called after the printing of the
       heading, just before H or HU exits.  Could be used to change the page
       header according to the section heading.

       HC [hyphenation-character]
              Set hyphenation character.  Default value is \%.  Resets to the
              default if called without argument.  Hyphenation can be turned
              by setting number register Hy to 0 in the beginning of the file.

       HM [arg1 [arg2 [... [arg7]]]]
              Heading mark style.  Controls the type of marking for printing
              of the heading counters.  Default is 1 for all levels.

              Argument
                   1
                   Arabic numerals.  0001
                   Arabic numerals with leading zeroes, one or more.  A
                   Upper-case alphabetic a
                   Lower-case alphabetic I
                   Upper-case roman numerals i
                   lower-case roman numerals empty
                   Arabic numerals.

       HU heading-text
              Unnumbered section header.  HU behavies like H at the level in
              number register Hu.  See H.

       HX dlevel rlevel heading-text
              Userdefined heading exit.  Called just before printing the
              header.  See H.

       HY dlevel rlevel heading-text
              Userdefined heading exit.  Called just before printing the
              header.  See H.

       HZ dlevel rlevel heading-text
              Userdefined heading exit.  Called just after printing the
              header.  See H.

       I [italic-text [prev-font-text [italic-text [...]]]
              Italic.  Changes the font to italic if called without arguments.
              With one argument it will set the word in italic.  With two
              argument it will concatenate them and set the first word in
              italic and the second in the previous font.  There is no limit
              on the number of argument, all will be concatenated.

       IA [addressee-name [title]]
              Begins specification of the addressee and addressee's address in
              letter style.  Several names can be specified with empty
              IA/IE-pairs, but only one address.  See LT.

       IB [italic-text [bold-text [italic-text [...]]]
              Italic-bold Even arguments is printed in italic, odd in
              boldface.  See I.

       IE     Ends the address-specification after IA.

       INITI filename [type]
              Initialize the new index system, sets the filename to collect
              index lines in with IND. Argument type selects teh type of
              index, page number, header marks or both.  The default is N.

              type
                   N
                   Page numbers H
                   Header marks B
                   Both page numbers and header marks, tab separated

       IND arg1 [arg2 [...]]
              IND writes a line in the index file selected by INITI with all
              arguments and the page number or header mark separated by tabs.
                   Examples
                   arg1\tpage number
                   arg1\targ2\tpage number
                   arg1\theader mark
                   arg1\tpage number\theader mark

       INDP   INDP prints the index by running the command specified by string
              variable Indcmd, normally sort -t\t.  INDP reads the output from
              the command to form the index, normally in two columns (can be
              changed by defining TYIND).  The index is printed with string
              variable Index as header, default is INDEX. One-column
              processing is returned after the list. INDP will call the
              user-defined macros TXIND, TYIND and TZIND if defined.  TXIND is
              called before printing INDEX, TYIND is called instead of
              printing INDEX. TZIND is called after the printing and should
              take care of restoring to normal operation again.


       INITR filename
              Initialize the refencemacros. References will be written to
              filename.tmp and filename.qrf. Requires two passes with groff.
              The first looks for references and the second includes them.
              INITR can be used several times, but it is only the first
              occurrence of INITR that is active.  Option -U might be needed
              if unsafe-errors occur.  See also SETR, GETPN and GETHN.

       IR [italic-text [roman-text [italic-text [...]]]
              Italic-roman Even arguments is printed in italic, odd in roman.
              See I.

       LB text-indent mark-indent pad type [mark [LI-space [LB-space]]]
              List begin macro.  This is the common macro used for all lists.
              Text-indent is the number of spaces to indent the text from the
              current indent.

              Pad and mark-indent controls where to put the mark.  The mark is
              placed within the mark area, and mark-indent sets the number of
              spaces before this area. It is normally 0.  The mark area ends
              where the text begins. The start of the text is still controlled
              by text-indent.

              The mark is left justified whitin the mark area if pad is 0.  If
              pad is greater than 0, then mark-indent is ignored, and the mark
              is placed pad spaces before the text.  This will right justify
              the mark.

              If type is 0 the list will have either a hanging indent or, if
              argument mark is given, the string mark as mark.

              If type is greater than 0 automatic numbering will occur, arabic
              if mark is empty. Mark can then be any of 1, A, a, I or i.

              Type selects one of six possible ways to display the mark.
              type
                    1
                    x.  2
                    x) 3
                    (x) 4
                    [x] 5
                    <x> 6
                    {x}

       Every item in the list will get LI-space number of blank lines before
       them. Default is 1.

       LB itself will print LB-space blank lines. Default is 0.

       LC [list-level]
              List-status clear Terminates all current active lists down to
              list-level, or 0 if no argmuent is given. This is used by H to
              clear any active list.

       LE [1] List end.  Terminate the current list. LE outputs a blank line
              if an argument is given.

       LI [mark [1]]
              List item precedes every item in a list. Without argument LS
              will print the mark determined by the current list type. By
              giving LI one argument, it will use that as the mark instead.
              Two arguments to LI will make mark a prefix to the current mark.
              There will be no separating space between the prefix and the
              mark if the second argument is 2 instead of 1.  This behaviour
              can also be achieved by setting number register Limsp to zero.
              A zero length mark will make a hanging indent instead.

              A blank line is normally printed before the list item. This
              behaviour can be controlled by number register Ls. Pre-spacing
              will occur for each list-level less than or equal to Ls.
              Default value is 99. (Nesting of lists is unlimited. :-)

              The indentation can be changed thru number register Li.  Default
              is 6.

              All lists begins with a list initialization macro, LB.  There
              are, however, seven predefined listtypes to make lists easier to
              use. They all call LB with different default values.
                   AL
                   Automatically Incremented List ML
                   Marked List VL
                   Variable-Item List BL
                   Bullet List DL
                   Dash List RL
                   Reference List BVL
                   Broken Varable List.
       These lists are described at other places in this manual. See also LB.

       LT [arg]
              Formats a letter in one of four different styles depending on
              the argument.  See also INTERNALS.
                   Arg
                   Style BL
                   Blocked. Date line, return address, writer's address and
                   closing begins at the center of the line. All other lines
                   begins at the left margin.  SB
                   Semi-blocked. Same as blocked, except that the first line
                   in every paragraph is indented five spaces.  FB
                   Full-blocked. All lines begin at the left margin.  SP
                   Simplified. Almost the same as the full-blocked style.
                   Subject and the writer'sidentification is printed in
                   all-capital.

       LO type [arg]
              Specify options in letter (see .LT).  This is a list of the
              standard options:
                   CN
                   Confidential notation. Prints RESTRICTED on the second line
                   below the date line. Any argument replaces RESTRICTED.  See
                   also string variable LetCN.  RN
                   Reference notation. Prints In reference to: and the
                   argument two lines below the date line.  See also string
                   variable LetRN.  AT
                   Attention. Prints ATTENTION: and the argument below the
                   inside address.  See also string variable LetAT.  SA
                   Salutation. Prints To Whom It May Concern: or the argument
                   if it was present. The salutation is printed two lines
                   below the inside address.  See also string variable LetSA.
                   SJ
                   Subject line. Prints the argument as subject prefixed with
                   SUBJECT: two lines below the inside address, except in
                   letter type SP.  Then the subject is printed in all-captial
                   without any prefix.  See also string variable LetSJ.

       MC column-size [column-separation]
              Begin multiple columns. Return to normal with 1C.  MC will
              create as many columns as the current line length permits.
              Column-size is the width of each column, and column-separation
              is the space between two columns. Default separation is the
              column-size/15.  See also 1C.

       ML mark [text-indent [1]]
              Marked list start. The mark argument will be printed before each
              list item.  Text-indent sets the indent and overrides Li.  A
              third argument will prohibit printing of a blank line before
              each item.

       MT [arg [addressee]]
              Memorandum type.  The arg is part of a filename in
              /usr/local/share/tmac/mm/*.MT.  Memorandum type 0 thru 5 are
              supported, including "string".  Addresse just sets a variable,
              used in the AT&T macros.
              arg
                   0
                   Normal memorandum, no type printed 1
                   Memorandum with MEMORANDUM FOR FILE printed 2
                   Memorandum with PROGRAMMER'S NOTES printed 3
                   Memorandum with ENGINEER'S NOTES printed 4
                   Released paper style 5
                   External letter style
       See also COVER/COVEND, a more flexible type of front page.

       MOVE y-pos [x-pos [line-length]]
              Move to a position, pageoffset set to x-pos.  If line-length is
              not given, the difference between current and new pageoffset is
              used.  Use PGFORM without arguments to return to normal.

       MULB cw1 space1 [cw2 space2 [cw3 ...]]
              Begin a special multi-column mode. Every columns width must be
              specified.  Also the space between the columns must be
              specified. The last column does not need any space-definition.
              MULB starts a diversion and MULE ends the diversion and prints
              the columns.  The unit for width and space is 'n', but MULB
              accepts all normal unitspecifications like 'c' and 'i'.  MULB
              operates in a separate environment.

       MULN   Begin the next column. This is the only way to switch column.

       MULE   End the multi-column mode and print the columns.

       nP [type]
              Print numbered paragraph with header level two. Se .P.

       NS [arg [1]]
              Prints different types of notations. The argument selects
              between the predefined type of notations. If the second argument
              is available, then the argument becomes the entire notation.  If
              the argument doesn't exist in the predefined, it will be printed
              as Copy (arg) to.  It is possible to add more standard
              notations, see the string variable Letns and Letnsdef.
                   Arg
                   Notation
                   none
                   Copy To
                   ""
                   Copy To
                   1
                   Copy To (with att.) to
                   2
                   Copy To (without att.) to
                   3
                   Att.
                   4
                   Atts.
                   5
                   Enc.
                   6
                   Encs.
                   7
                   Under separate cover
                   8
                   Letter to
                   9
                   Memorandum to
                   10
                   Copy (with atts.) to
                   11
                   Copy (without atts.) to
                   12
                   Abstract Only to
                   13
                   Complete Memorandum to
                   14
                   CC

       ND new-date
              New date. Override the current date. Date is not printed if
              new-date is an empty string.

       OF [arg]
              Odd-page footer, a line printed just above the normal footer.
              See EF and PF.

       OH [arg]
              Odd-page header, a line printed just below the normal header.
              See EH and PH.

       OP     Make sure that the following text is printed at the top of an
              odd-numbered page. Will not output an empty page if currently at
              the top of an odd page.

       P [type]
              Begin new paragraph.  P without argument will produce left
              justified text, even the first line of the paragraph. This is
              the same as setting type to 0. If the argument is 1, then the
              first line of text following P will be indented by the number of
              spaces in number register Pi, normally 5.

              Instead of giving 1 as argument to P it is possible to set the
              paragraph type in number register Pt. Using 0 and 1 will be the
              same as adding that value to P.  A value of 2 will indent all
              paragraphs, except after headings, lists and displays.

              The space between two paragraphs is controlled by number
              register Ps, and is 1 by default (one blank line).

       PGFORM [linelength [pagelength [pageoffset [1]]]]
              Sets linelength, pagelength and/or pageoffset.  This macro can
              be used for special formatting, like letterheads and other.  It
              is normally the first command in a file, though it's not
              necessary.  PGFORM can be used without arguments to reset
              everything after a MOVE.  A line-break is done unless the fourth
              argument is given.  This can be used to avoid the pagenumber on
              the first page while setting new width and length.  (It seems as
              if this macro sometimes doesn't work too well.  Use the command
              line arguments to change linelength, pagelength and pageoffset
              instead. Sorry.)

       PGNH   No header is printed on the next page. Used to get rid off the
              header in letters or other special texts This macro must be used
              before any text to inhibit the pageheader on the first page.

       PIC [-L] [-C] [-R] [-I n] filename [width [height]]
              PIC includes a Postscript file in the document.  The macro
              depends on mgm_ref and INITR.  -L, -C, -R and -I n adjusts the
              picture or indents it. The optionally width and height can also
              be given to resize the picture.

       PE     Picture end.  Ends a picture for @TMAC_M@pic, see the manual for
              @TMAC_M@pic.

       PF [arg]
              Page footer.  PF sets the line to be printed at the bottom of
              each page.  Normally empty. See PH for the argument
              specification.

       PH [arg]
              Page header, a line printed at the top of each page.  The
              argument should be specified as
              "'left-part'center-part'right-part'", where left-, center- and
              right-part is printed left-justified, centered and right
              justified. The character % is changed to the current page
              number. The default page-header is "''- % -''", the page number
              between two dashes.

       PS     Picture start (from pic). Begins a picture for @TMAC@pic, see
              the manual.

       PX     Page-header user-defined exit.  PX is called just after the
              printing of the page header in no-space mode.

       R      Roman.  Return to roman font, see also I.

       RB [roman-text [bold-text [roman-text [...]]]
              Roman-bold.  Even arguments is printed in roman, odd in
              boldface.  See I.

       RD [prompt [diversion [string]]]
              Read from standard input to diversion and/or string.  The text
              will be saved in a diversion named diversion.  Recall the text
              by writing the name of the diversion after a dot on an empty
              line. A string will also be defined if string is given.
              Diversion and/or prompt can be empty ("").

       RF     Reference end. Ends a reference definition and returns to normal
              processing. See RS.

       RI [roman-text [italic-text [roman-text [...]]]
              Even arguments is printed in roman, odd in italic.  See I.

       RL [text-indent [1]]
              Reference list start Begins a list where each item is preceded
              with a automatically incremented number between square brackets.
              Text-indent changes the default indentation

       RP [arg1 [arg2]]
              Produce reference page.  RP can be used if a reference page is
              wanted somewhere in the document. It is not needed if TC is used
              to produce a table of content. The reference page will then be
              printed automatically.

              The reference counter will not be resetted if arg1 is 1.

              Arg2 tells RP whether to eject a page or not.
              Arg2
                   0
                   The reference page will be printed on a separate page.
                   This is the default.  1
                   Do not eject page after the list.  2
                   Do not eject page before the list.  3
                   Do not eject page before and after the list.
       The reference items will be separated by a blank line.  Setting number
       register Ls to 0 will suppress the line.

       The string Rp contains the reference page title and is normally set to
       REFERENCES.

       RS [string-name]
              RS begins an automatically numbered reference definition.  Put
              the string \*(Rf where the reference mark should be and write
              the reference between RS/RF at next new line after the reference
              mark. The reference number is stored in number register :R.  If
              string-name is given, a string with that name will be defined
              and contain the current reference mark.  The string can be
              referenced as \*[string-name] later in the text.

       S [size [spacing]]
              Set point size and vertical spacing. If any argument is equal
              'P', then the previous value is used. A 'C' means current value,
              and 'D' default value.  If '+' or '-' is used before the value,
              then increment or decrement of the current value will be done.

       SA [arg]
              Set right-margin justification.  Justification is normally
              turned on.  No argumenent or 0 turns off justification, a 1
              turns on justification.

       SETR refname [string]
              Remember the current header and page-number as refname.  Saves
              string if string is defined. string is retrieved with .GETST.
              See INITR.

       SG [arg [1]]
              Signature line. Prints the authors name(s) after the formal
              closing.  The argument will be appended to the reference data,
              printed at either the first or last author. The reference data
              is the location, department and initials specified with .AU.  It
              will be printed at the first author, otherwise at the last.  No
              reference data will be printed if the author(s) is specified
              thru .WA/.WE.  See Letter internals.

       SK [pages]
              Skip pages.  If pages is 0 or omitted, a skip to the next page
              will occur unless it is already at the top of a page.  Otherwise
              it will skip pages pages.

       SM string1 [string2 [string3]]
              Make a string smaller.  If string2 is given, string1 will be
              smaller and string2 normal, concatenated with string1. With
              three argument, all is concatenated, but only string2 is made
              smaller.

       SP [lines]
              Space vertically. lines can have any scalingfactor, like 3i or
              8v. Several SP in a line will only produce the maximum number of
              lines, not the sum. SP will also be ignored until the first
              textline in a page. Add a \& before SP to avoid this.

       TAB    reset tabs to every 5n. Normally used to reset any previous
              tabpositions.

       TB [title [override [flag [refname]]]]
              Table title, arguments are the same as for EC.  TB uses the
              number register Tb as counter.  The string Lt controls the title
              of the List of Tables, default is LIST OF TABLES.  The List of
              Tables will only be printed if number register Lt is 1, default
              1.  The string Litb contains the word TABLE, wich is printed
              before the number.
              Special handling of the title will occur if TB is used inside
              DS/DE, it will not be affected by the format of DS.

       TC [slevel [spacing [tlevel [tab [h1 [h2 [h3 [h4 [h5]]]]]]]]]
              Table of contents.  This macro is normally used at the last line
              of the document.  It generates a table of contents with headings
              up to the level controlled by number register Cl. Note that Cl
              controls the saving of headings, it has nothing to do with TC.
              Headings with level less than or equal to slevel will get
              spacing number of lines before them.  Headings with level less
              than or equal to tlevel will have their page numbers right
              justified with dots or spaces separating the text and the page
              number. Spaces is used if tab is greater than zero, otherwise
              dots.  Other headings will have the page number directly at the
              end of the heading text (ragged right).

              The rest of the arguments will be printed, centered, before the
              table of contents.

              The user-defined macros TX and TY are used if TC is called with
              at most four arguments. TX is called before the printing of
              CONTENTS, and TY is called instead of printing CONTENTS.

              Equivalent macros can be defined for list of figures, tables,
              equations and excibits by defining TXxx or TYxx, where xx is Fg,
              TB, EC or EX.

              String Ci can be set to control the indentations for each
              heading-level.  It must be scaled, like
              .ds Ci .25i .5i .75i 1i 1i.  The indentation is normally
              controlled by the maxlength of headings in each level.

              All texts can be redefined, new stringvariables Lifg, Litb,
              Liex, Liec and Licon contains "Figure", "TABLE", "Exhibit",
              "Equation" and "CONTENTS".  These can be redefined to other
              languages.

       TE     Table end. See TS.

       TH [N] Table header. See TS.  TH ends the header of the table. This
              header will be printed again if a page-break occurs.  Argument N
              isn't implemented yet.

       TL [charging-case number(s) [filing-case number(s)]
              Begin title of memorandum.  All text up to the next AU is
              included in the title.  Charging-case number and filing-case is
              saved for use in the front page processing.

       TM [num1 [num2 [...]]]
              Technical memorandumnumbers used in .MT. Unlimited number of
              arguments may be given.

       TP     Top of page user-defined macro.  This macro is called instead of
              the normal page header. It is possible to get complete control
              over the header.  Note that header and footer is printed in a
              separate environment.  Linelength is preserved though.

       TS [H] Table start. This is the start of a table specification to
              @TMAC@tbl. See separate manual for @TMAC@tbl.  TS ends with TE.
              Argument H tells m@TMAC@m that the table has a header. See TH.

       TX     Userdefined table of contents exit.  This macro is called just
              before TC prints the word CONTENTS.  See TC.

       TY     Userdefined table of contents exit (no "CONTENTS").  This macro
              is called instead of printing CONTENTS.  See TC.

       VERBON [flag [pointsize [font]]]
              Begin verbatim output using courier font.  Usually for printing
              programs.  All character has equal width.  The pointsize can be
              changed with the second argument. By specifying the
              font-argument it is possible to use another font instead of
              courier.  flag control several special features.  It contains
              the sum of all wanted features.
                   Value
                   Description 1
                   Disable the escape-character (\). This is normally turned
                   on during verbose output.  2
                   Add en empty line before the verbose text.  4
                   Add en empty line after the verbose text.  8
                   Print the verbose text with numbered lines. This adds four
                   digitsized spaces in the beginning of each line. Finer
                   control is available with the string-variable Verbnm. It
                   contains all arguments to the troff-command .nm, normally
                   '1'.  16
                   Indent the verbose text with five 'n':s. This is controlled
                   by the number-variable Verbin (in units).

       VERBOFF
              End verbatim output.

       VL text-indent [mark-indent [1]]
              Variable-item list has no fixed mark, it assumes that every LI
              have a mark instead.  Text-indent sets the indent to the text,
              and mark-indent the distance from the current indent to the
              mark.  A third argument will prohibit printing of a blank line
              before each item.

       VM [top [bottom]]
              Vertical margin.

       WA [writer-name [title]]
              Begins specification of the writer and writer's address.
              Several names can be specified with empty WA/WE-pairs, but only
              one address.

       WE     Ends the address-specification after .WA.

       WC [format]
              Footnote and display width control.
                   N
                   Set default mode, -WF, -FF, -WD and FB.  WF
                   Wide footnotes, wide also in two-column mode.  -WF
                   Normal footnote width, follow column mode.  FF
                   All footnotes gets the same width as the first footnote
                   encountered.  -FF
                   Normal footnotes, width follows WF and -WF.  WD
                   Wide displays, wide also in two-column mode.  -WD
                   Normal display width, follow column mode.  FB
                   Floating displays generates a line break when printed on
                   the current page.  -FB
                   Floating displays does not generate line break.



       Strings used in m@TMAC_M@:

       App    A string containing the word "APPENDIX".

       Apptxt 

       The current appendix text.
              EM Em dash string

       H1txt  Will be updated by .H and .HU to the current heading text.  Also
              updated in table of contents & friends.

       HF     Fontlist for headings, normally "2 2 2 2 2 2 2".  Nonnumeric
              fontnames may also be used.

       HP     Pointsize list for headings. Normally "0 0 0 0 0 0 0" which is
              the same as "10 10 10 10 10 10 10".

       Index  

       Contains INDEX.
              Indcmd

       Contains the index command, sort -t\t.
              Lifg String containing Figure.

       Litb   String containing TABLE.

       Liex   String containing Exhibit.

       Liec   String containing Equation.

       Licon  String containing CONTENTS.

       Lf     Contains "LIST OF FIGURES".

       Lt     Contains "LIST OF TABLES".

       Lx     Contains "LIST OF EXHIBITS".

       Le     Contains "LIST OF EQUATIONS".

       Letfc  Contains "Yours very truly,", used in .FC.

       Letapp Contains "APPROVED:", used in .AV..

       Letdate
              Contains "Date", used in .AV..

       LetCN  Contains "CONFIDENTIAL", used in .LO CN.

       LetSA  Contains "To Whom It May Concern:", used in .LO SA.

       LetAT  Contains "ATTENTION:", used in .LO AT.

       LetSJ  Contains "SUBJECT:", used in .LO SJ.

       LetRN  Contains "In reference to:", used in .LO RN.

       Letns  is an array containing the different strings used in .NS.  It is
              really a number of stringvariables prefixed with Letns!.  If the
              argument doesn't exist, it will be included between () with
              Letns!copy as prefix and Letns!to as suffix.  Observe the space
              after copy and before to.
              Name Value
              Letns!0   Copy to
              Letns!1   Copy (with att.) to
              Letns!2   Copy (without att.) to
              Letns!3   Att.
              Letns!4   Atts.
              Letns!5   Enc.
              Letns!6   Encs.
              Letns!7   Under separate cover
              Letns!8   Letter to
              Letns!9   Memorandum to
              Letns!10  Copy (with atts.) to
              Letns!11  Copy (without atts.) to
              Letns!12  Abstract Only to
              Letns!13  Complete Memorandum to
              Letns!14  CC
              Letns!copy     Copy "
              Letns!to  " to

       Letnsdef
              Defines the standard-notation used when no argument is given to
              .NS. Default is 0.

       MO1 - MO12
              Strings containing January thru December.

       Qrf    String containing "See chapter \\*[Qrfh], page \\n[Qrfp].".

       Rp     Contains "REFERENCES".

       Tcst   Contains current status of table of contents and list of XXXX.
              Empty outside .TC.  Useful in user-defined macros like .TP.
              Value     Meaning
              co   Table of contents
              fg   List of figures
              tb   List of tables
              ec   List of equations
              ex   List of exhibits
              ap   Appendix

       Tm     Contains \(tm, trade mark.

       Verbnm Argument to .nm in .VERBON, default: 1.

       Number variables used in m@TMAC_M@:

       Aph    Print an appendix-page for every new appendix if this
              numbervariable is non-zero.  No output will occur if Aph is
              zero, but there will always be an appendix-entry in the 'List of
              contents'.

       Cl     Contents level [0:7], contents saved if heading level <= Cl,
              default 2.

       Cp     Eject page between LIST OF XXXX if Cp == 0, default 0.

       D      Debugflag, values >0 produces varying degree of debug. A value
              of 1 gives information about the progress of formatting, default
              0.

       De     Eject after floating display is output [0:1], default 0.

       Dsp    Controls the space output before and after static displays if
              defined. Otherwise is the value of Lsp used.

       Df     Floating keep output [0:5], default 5.

       Ds     Lsp space before and after display if == 1 [0:1], default 1.

       Ej     Eject page, default 0.

       Eq     Equation lable adjust 0=left, 1=right. Default 0.

       Fs     Footnote spacing, default 1.

       H1-H7  Heading counters

       H1dot  Append a dot after the level one heading number if > 0. Default
              is 1.

       H1h    

       Copy of number register H1, but it is incremented
              just before the page break. Useful in user defined header
              macros.  Hb Heading break level [0:7], default 2.

       Hc     Heading centering level, [0:7]. Default 0.

       Hi     Heading temporary indent [0:2], default 1.
              0 -> 0 indent, left margin
              1 -> indent to right , like .P 1
              2 -> indent to line up with text part of preceding heading

       Hps    Numbervariable with the heading pre-space level. If the
              heading-level is less than or equal to Hps, then two lines will
              precede the section heading instead of one. Default is first
              level only.  The real amount of lines is controlled by the
              variables Hps1 and Hps2.

       Hps1   This is the number of lines preceding .H when the heading-level
              is greater than Hps. Value is in units, normally 0.5.

       Hps2   This is the number of lines preceding .H when the heading-level
              is less than or equal to Hps. Value is in units, normally 1.

       Hs     Heading space level [0:7], default 2.

       Hss    This is the number of lines that follows .H when the
              heading-level is less than or equal to Hs. Value is in units,
              normally 1.

       Ht     Heading numbering type, default 0.  0 -> multiple (1.1.1 ...)
              1 -> single

       Hu     Unnumbered heading level, default 2.

       Hy     Hyphenation in body, default 1.
              0 -> no hyphenation
              1 -> hyphenation 14 on

       Letwam Max lines in return-address, used in .WA/.WE. Default 14.

       Lf, Lt, Lx, Le
              Enables (1) or disables (0) the printing of List of figures,
              List of tables, List of exhibits and List of equations.
              Default: Lf=1, Lt=1, Lx=1, Le=0.

       Li     List indent, used by .AL, default 6.

       Limsp  Flag for space between prefix and mark in automatic lists (.AL).
              0 == no space
              1 == space

       Ls     List space, if current listlevel > Ls then no spacing will occur
              around lists.  Default 99.

       Lsp    

       The size of an empty line. Normally 0.5v, but it is 1v
              if n is set (.nroff).

       N      Numbering style [0:5], default 0.
              0 == (default) normal header for all pages.
              1 == header replaces footer on first page, header is empty.
              2 == page header is removed on the first page.
              3 == "section-page" numbering enabled.
              4 == page header is removed on the first page.
              5 == "section-page" and "section-figure" numbering enabled.  Se
              also the number-register Sectf and Sectp.

       Np     Numbered paragraphs, default 0.
              0 == not numbered
              1 == numbered in first level headings.

       Of     Format of figure,table,exhibit,equation titles, default 0.
              0 = ". "
              1 = " - "

       P      Current page-number, normally the same as % unless
              "section-page" numbering is enabled.

       Pi     paragraph indent, default 5.

       Pgps   Controls whether header and footer pointsize should follow the
              current setting or just change when the header and footer is
              defined.
                   Value
                   Description 0
                   Pointsize will only change to the current setting when .PH,
                   .PF, .OH, .EH, .OF or .OE is executed.  1
                   Pointsize will change after every .S. This is the default.

       Ps     paragraph spacing, default 1.

       Pt     Paragraph type, default 0.
              0 == left-justified
              1 == indented .P
              2 == indented .P except after .H, .DE or .LE.

       Sectf  Flag controlling "section-figures". A non-zero value enables
              this.  Se also register N.

       Sectp  Flag controlling "section-page-numbers". A non-zero value
              enables this.  Se also register N.

       Si     Display indent, default 5.

       Verbin Indent for .VERBON, default 5n.

       .mgm   Always 1.

INTERNALS
       The letter macros is using different submacros depending on the letter
       type. The name of the submacro has the letter type as suffix. It is
       therefore possible to define other letter types, either in the national
       macro-file, or as local additions.  .LT will set the number variables
       Pt and Pi to 5 and 0.  The following strings and macros must be defined
       for a new letter type:

       let@init_type
              This macro is called directly by .LT. It is supposed to
              initialize variables and other stuff.

       let@head_type
              This macro prints the letter head, and is called instead of the
              normal page header. It is supposed to remove the alias
              let@header, otherwise it will be called for all pages.

       let@sg_type name title n flag [arg1 [arg2 [...]]]
              .SG is calling this macro only for letters, memorandums has its
              own processing. name and title is specified thru .WA/.WB. n is
              the counter, 1-max, and flag is true for the last name. Any
              other argument to .SG is appended.

       let@fc_type closing
              This macro is called by .FC, and has the formal closing as
              argument.

       .LO is implemented as a general option-macro. .LO demands that a string
       named Lettype is defined, where type is the letter type.  .LO will then
       assign the argument to the string variable let*lo-type.

AUTHOR
       Jrgen Hgg, Lund, Sweden <jh@axis.se>.

FILES
       /usr/local/share/tmac/tmac.@TMAC_M@
              

       /usr/local/share/tmac/mm/*.cov
              

       /usr/local/share/tmac/mm/*.MT
              

       /usr/local/share/tmac/mm/locale
              

SEE ALSO
       groff(1), troff(1), tbl(1), pic(1), eqn(1)
       mm(7) m@TMAC_M@se(7)



Groff Version 1.15                                              5 January 2003
