1 How to write man pages - nrof -man

     2 .TH title section date extra2 extra3

     3 .SH $1 (Section Header)

     4 .SS $1 (Subsection)

     5 .BR break line

     6 .P New paragraph (vertical space, point size, font regular, indent)

     7 .LP $1  (labeled paragraph, label $1)

     8 .TP $1 (will be at the left column until next line input's newline.)

     9        After newline, will be a bit more to the left($1), as in html's <DL>.

    10        Subsequent .TP, without parameter, will keep the later parameter.

    11        The .TP indent value is reset after .PP. (?)

    12 .IP $1 (Starts an indented paragraph where "item" is put to the left of it; if

    13         no blanks in "item", quotes are not needed.)

    14 .HP (Starts a paragraph with a hanging indent; i.e. lines after the first are

    15         indented)

    16 .RE Defines an indented region

    17 .NF Nofill (used to suppress normal line filling; used for preformatted text)

    18 .FI Fill (used to resume normal line filling, usually after a .nf)

    19 .\" Comment line

    20 

    21 .B (bold)

    22 .I (Italic)

    23 .SM (Small)

    24 .SB (Small bold)

    25 .IR $1 $2  (first italic, second regular, ...)

    26 .RI $1 $2  (first regular, second italic, ...)

    27 .IB $1 $2  as above, italic bold.

    28 .BI $1 $2  as above, bold italic

    29 .RB $1 $2  as above, regular bold.

    30 .BB $1 $2  as above, bold regular

    31 .RS Store indents

    32 .RE Restore indents

    33 .R  Register sign (R)

    34 

    35 \fX change font (B, R)

    36 \-  char -

    37 \`  char `

    38 

    39 

    40 .AT (settings for Unix)

    41 .UC (settings for BSD)

    42 .DT (tabs every .5 inches)

    43 .PD ?

    44 

    45 .LP  ??

    46 

    47 .IP