May 1987
Intermediate to advanced
680 pages
17h 3m
English
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The format Macros
Throughout this book, we’ve made extensive references to portions of the extended ms macro package that we use in our technical writing business. These macros are used in conjunction with the format shell script to provide a complete document formatting environment.
This package was originally developed by Steve Talbott of Massachusetts Computer Corp. (MASSCOMP). We have extended and generalized it to meet the document design needs of many different clients.
The purpose of this appendix is to summarize, in one place, the function of the macros that the package contains. We have found that this set of macros covers the basic needs of people involved in the development of technical books and manuals.
The package relies on the existence of the underlying ms macros. In this sense, it is not a complete package. However, it is possible to define a simple subset of the ms macros to cover the basics if the full implementation of ms is not available.
For more information on the full implementation of these macros, please feel free to contact us in care of the publisher.
▪ Summary of the Macros ▪
The following list summarizes the user-callable macros in the format macro package.
.[ABCD]h |
A-level head, B-level head, and so on. |
.Dr |
Specify whether the current version is a draft. (Drafts are dated.) |
.Fs |
Start a figure. |
.Fe title |
Figure end. Figures are automatically ... |
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