MS(7)

NAME
ms - text formatting macros

SYNOPSIS
nroff -ms [ options ] file ...

DESCRIPTION
This package of nroff macro definitions provides a formatting facility for various styles of articles, theses, and books. All external -ms macros are defined below.

Note that this -ms macro package is a subset of the complete ms package since nroff(1) is not quite up to it yet. Still, it supports most of what is normally used, including the table of contents macros.

Some nroff requests may be unsafe in conjunction with this package. However, the first four requests below may be used with impunity after initialization, and the last two may be used even before initialization:
	.bp    begin new page
	.br    break output line
	.sp n  insert n spacing lines
	.ce n  center next n lines
	.ls n  line spacing: n=1 single, n=2 double space
	.na    no alignment of right margin
Font changes with are also allowed; for example, '\fIword\fR' will italicize word.

FILES
Macro   Initial   Break?   Explanation
Name    Value     Reset?
x - n embolden x; if no x, switch to boldface
x - n italicize x; if no x, switch to italics

x

on n return to Roman font

- y,y section header, no numbering
+cc .

REGISTERS
There are currently no user controlled registers in this implementation.

Here is a list of string registers available in -ms; they may be used anywhere in the text:
     Name  String's Function
      weekday
      month (month of the year)
      day (current date)
        quote (" in nroff)
        unquote (" in nroff)
        dash (-- in nroff)

EXAMPLES
For an example, see the test files (*.ms) included in the distribution.

BUGS
Probably zillions, especially considering it is so incomplete. However, it is useful (better than nothing at all). I have used this package extensively at home to write reports for work. The results were nearly 100% compatible with Unix (BSD). No support for displays and keeps, tables, boxed text, multicolumn, other modes (e.g. thesis mode), footnotes, and beginning/end page traps. Indented paragraph with tag puts the tag on its own line regardless how long it is.

AUTHOR
Adapted for Atari ST (TOS) and Minix by Bill Rosenkranz
net:    rosenkra@convex.com
CIS:    71460,17
GENIE:  W.ROSENKRANZ