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The macro requests are defined below. Many troff requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package, however, these requests may be used with impunity after the first .pp:
.bp	begin new page
.br	break output line here
.sp n	insert n spacing lines
.ls n	(line spacing) n=1 single, n=2 double space
.na	no alignment of right margin
.ce n	center next n lines
.ul n	underline next n lines
    
  Output of the pic, eqn, refer, and tbl preprocessors is acceptable as input.
  
  			
  
  
  Request	Initial	Cause	Explanation 	Value	Break
  
  
  .(c	-	yes	Begin centered block .(d	-	no	Begin delayed text .(f	-	no	Begin
    footnote .(l	-	yes	Begin list .(q	-	yes	Begin major quote .(x
    x	-	no	Begin indexed item in index x .(z	-	no	Begin floating
    keep .)c	-	yes	End centered block .)d	-	yes	End delayed text .)f	-	yes	End
    footnote .)l	-	yes	End list .)q	-	yes	End major quote .)x	-	yes	End index
    item .)z	-	yes	End floating keep .++ m H	-	no	Define paper section.
    m defines the part of the paper, and can be C (chapter),
    A (appendix), P (preliminary, e.g., abstract, table of
    contents, etc.), B (bibliography), RC (chapters renumbered
    from page one each chapter), or RA (appendix renumbered from page
    one). .+c T	-	yes	Begin chapter (or appendix, etc., as set by .++).
    T is the chapter title. .1c	1	yes	One column format on a new page.
    .2c	1	yes	Two column format. .EN	-	yes	Space after equation produced by
    eqn or neqn. .EQ x y	-	yes	Precede equation; break out
    and add space. Equation number is y. The optional argument x
    may be I to indent equation (default), L to left-adjust the
    equation, or C to center the equation. .GE	-	yes	End gremlin
    picture. .GS	-	yes	Begin gremlin picture. .PE	-	yes	End pic
    picture. .PS	-	yes	Begin pic picture. .TE	-	yes	End table.
    .TH	-	yes	End heading section of table. .TS x	-	yes	Begin table; if
    x is H table has repeated heading. .b x	no	no	Print
    x in boldface; if no argument switch to boldface. .ba
    +n	0	yes	Augments the base indent by n. This indent is used to
    set the indent on regular text (like paragraphs). .bc	no	yes	Begin new
    column .bi x	no	no	Print x in bold italics (nofill only)
    .bu	-	yes	Begin bulleted paragraph .bx x	no	no	Print x in a
    box (nofill only). .ef
    ´x´y´z´	´´´´	no	Set
    even footer to x y z .eh
    ´x´y´z´	´´´´	no	Set
    even header to x y z .fo
    ´x´y´z´	´´´´	no	Set
    footer to x y z .hx	-	no	Suppress headers and footers on next page. .he
    ´x´y´z´	´´´´	no	Set
    header to x y z .hl	-	yes	Draw a horizontal line .i x	no	no	Italicize
    x; if x missing, italic text follows. .ip x
    y	no	yes	Start indented paragraph, with hanging tag x.
    Indentation is y ens (default 5). .lp	yes	yes	Start left-blocked
    paragraph. .np	1	yes	Start numbered paragraph. .of
    ´x´y´z´	´´´´	no	Set
    odd footer to x y z .oh
    ´x´y´z´	´´´´	no	Set
    odd header to x y z .pd	-	yes	Print delayed text. .pp	no	yes	Begin
    paragraph. First line indented. .r	yes	no	Roman text follows. .re	-	no	Reset
    tabs to default values. .sh n x	-	yes	Section head follows, font
    automatically bold. n is level of section, x is title of
    section. .sk	no	no	Leave the next page blank. Only one page is remembered
    ahead. .sm x	-	no	Set x in a smaller pointsize. .sz
    +n	10p	no	Augment the point size by n points. .tp	no	yes	Begin
    title page. .u x	-	no	Underline argument (even in troff).
    (Nofill only). .uh	-	yes	Like .sh but unnumbered. .xp x	-	no	Print
    index x.
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