man.5 (2010 09)

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man(5) man(5)
.IR Set words alternately in italics and roman.
.KC Identify keycap.
.P Begin normal paragraph.
.PD Set interparagraph spacing.
.PM Use Bell System proprietary subfooters.
.PP Begin normal paragraph.
.RB Set words alternately in roman and bold.
.RC Set words alternately in roman and constant-width.
.RE End relative margin indent.
.RI Set words alternately in roman and italics.
.RS Start relative margin indent.
.RV Identify return value.
.S3 Insert third level header.
.SC Identify system constant name.
.SH Insert section header.
.SM Print text one point smaller.
.SS Insert subsection header.
.TH Start new manpage and define page headers and footers.
.TP Begin tagged paragraph.
\*R Registered trademark.
\*S Change to default type size.
\*(Tm Trademark.
\n(IN Left text margin; default margin indent and paragraph indent.
\n(LL Line length, including \n(IN.
\n(PD Interparagraph distance.
Macro Parameters
All macro parameters are positional and can be omitted, starting from the right. Each parameter is a
word, as described below.
mi Margin increment. This is the amount by which the left text margin will be increased. If it is
omitted, it defaults to \n(IN basic units (u). The default measure for mi is ens (
n). The left
text margin’s base value is
\n(IN.
in Paragraph indent. This is the amount by which indented lines of a paragraph will be
indented. If it is omitted, it defaults to the value that was established by the most recent para-
graph macro: explicitly or default by
.HP, .IP,or.TP; implicitly by .P
, .PP, .RE,or.RS.
The default measure for in is ens (
n).
text Consists of zero to six words. If text is empty, the special treatment is applied to the next line
containing text to be printed. For example,
.I can be used to italicize a whole line, or
.SM fol-
lowed by
.B to make small bold text.
word A string of characters separated by spaces (not tabs). Use quotation marks (
"[word]
")to
include spaces in a word (
"string string") or to specify a null word (""). (The nonbreaking,
nonpaddable space (\ ) is not a separating space.)
Header Macros
.TH t1 s2 c3 n4 a5
Set the title and entry heading. t1, s2, c3, n4, and a5 are words.
t1 Entry title.
s2 Section number. t1 is combined with s2 in parentheses to form the top left- and right-
hand corners of the page heading.
c3 Extra commentary, such as "Optional Software Required". It is placed at the center of
the bottom line in the two- or three-line page heading space.
n4 Other notations, such as "Series 300/400 Only". It is centered between the title and sec-
tion on the first page heading line.
a5 Support for alternate naming, such as a FORTRAN routine name corresponding to a C
function name specified in t1 .
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