REQUESTS
 In the following list, “initialization” refers to the first .pp, .lp, .ip, .np, .sh, or .uh macro. This list is incomplete; see 
The -me Reference Manual for interesting details.
 
			
 
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. .ac  
A N	-	no	Set up for ACM style output. 
A is the Author's name(s), 
N is the total number of pages. Must be given before the first initialization. .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  
́x́ýź	́́́́	no	Set even footer to x  y  z .eh  
́x́ýź	́́́́	no	Set even header to x  y  z .fo  
́x́ýź	́́́́	no	Set footer to x  y  z .hx	-	no	Suppress headers and footers on next page. .he  
́x́ýź	́́́́	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. .lo	-	no	Read in a file of local macros of the form 
.*x. Must be given before initialization. .np	1	yes	Start numbered paragraph. .of  
́x́ýź	́́́́	no	Set odd footer to x  y  z .oh  
́x́ýź	́́́́	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. .sc	no	no	Read in a file of special characters and diacritical marks. Must be given before initialization. .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. .th	no	no	Produce the paper in thesis format. Must be given before initialization. .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.