MV(7,F) AIX Technical Reference MV(7,F) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mv PURPOSE Provides a troff macro package for typesetting view graphs and slides. SYNOPSIS mvt [-a] [-rw1] [flag...] [file...] troff [-a] [-rw1] [-rX1] -mv [flag...] [file...] DESCRIPTION This package makes it easy to typeset view graphs and projection slides in a variety of sizes. A few macros (briefly described in the following) accomplish most of the formatting tasks needed in making transparencies. The facilities of troff, cw, eqn, and tbl are available for more difficult tasks. The output can be previewed on most terminals. To preview on some devices, specify the -rX1 option (this option is automatically specified by the mvt command, when that command is invoked with certain options). To preview output on other terminals, specify the -a option. The -rw1 option suppresses the printing of cross-hairs and crop marks. The available macros are: .A [x] Places text that follows at the first indentation level (left margin); the presence of x suppresses the 1/2 line spacing from the preceding text. .B [m[s] ] Places text that follows at the second indentation level. Text is preceded by a mark. m is the mark, the default is a large bullet. s is the increment or decrement to the point size of the mark with respect to the prevailing point size. The default is 0. If s is 100, it causes the point size of the mark to be the same as that of the default mark. .BX str1 [str2] [f] Encloses str1 in a box and appends str2 (if any) to it. str1 is set in the prevailing font unless f names a different font. .C [m [s] ] Same as .B, but for the third indentation level. The default mark is a dash. Processed November 7, 1990 MV(7,F) 1 MV(7,F) AIX Technical Reference MV(7,F) .CN [args] Ends a constant-width font display. .CW [args] Begins a constant-width font display at the current indentation level. .D [m [s] ] Same as .B, but for the fourth indentation level. The default mark is a small bullet. .DF n f [n f...] Defines font positions. This may not appear within a foil's input text (for example, it may only appear after all the input text for a foil, but before the next foil-start macro). n is the position of font f, up to four "n f" pairs can be specified. The first font named becomes the prevailing font. The initial setting is (H is a synonym for G): .DF 1 H 2 I 3 B 4 S .DV [a] [b] [c] [d] [e] Alters the vertical spacing between indentation levels. The a, b, c, and d values alter the spacing for .A, .B, .C, and .D respectively. The e value is the pre-spacing and post-spacing for constant-width font displays bracketed by the .CW and .CN macros. Arguments that are not null must have dimensions. Null arguments leave the corresponding spacing unaffected. Initial setting is: .DV .5v .5v .5v 0v .5v .I [in] [a [x] ] Changes the current text indent, but does not affect titles. in is the indent in inches, unless dimensioned. The default is 0. If in is signed, it is an increment or decrement. The presence of a invokes the .A macro and passes x, if any, to it. .S [p] [l] Sets the point size and line length. p is the point size, the default is previous. If p is 100, the point size reverts to the initial default for the current foil-start macro. If p is signed, it is an increment or decrement. The default is 18 for .VS, .VH, and .SH, and 14 for the other foil-start macros. l is the line length in inches unless dimensioned. The default is 4.2 inches for .Vh, 3.8 inches for .Sh, 5 inches for .SH, and 6 inches for the other foil-start macros. .Sh [n] [i] [d] Same as .VS, except that foil size is 5 * 7 inches. .SH [n] [i] [d] Same as .VS, except that foil size is 7 * 9 inches. Processed November 7, 1990 MV(7,F) 2 MV(7,F) AIX Technical Reference MV(7,F) .Sw [n] [i] [d] Same as .VS, except that foil size is 7 * 5 inches. .SW [n] [i] [d] Same as .VS, except that foils size is 7 * 5.4 inches. .T string Prints string as an over-size, centered title. .U str1 [str2] Underlines str1 and concatenates str2 (if any) to it. .Vh [n] [i] [d] Same as .VS, except that foil size is 5 * 7 inches. .VH [n] [i] [d] Same as .VS, except that foils size is 7 * 9 inches. .VS [n] [i] [d] Foil-start macro; foil size is to be 7 * 7 inches. n is the foil number, i is the foil identification, d is the date. The foil-start macro resets all parameters (indent, point size, and so on) to initial default values, except for the values of i and d arguments that came from a previous foil-start macro; it also invokes the .A macro. The naming convention for this and the eight other foil-start macros is that the first character of the name (V or S) distinguishes between view graphs and slides, respectively, while the second character indicates whether the foil is square (S), small wide (w), small high (h), big wide (W), or big high (H). Slides are thinner than the corresponding view graphs. For slides, the ratio of the longer dimension to the shorter one is larger than for view graphs. As a result, slide foils can be used for view graphs, but not the opposite. Alternately, view graphs can accommodate a bit more text. .Vw [n] [i] [d] Same as .VS, except that foil size is 7 inches wide * 5 inches high. .VW [n.] [i] [d] Same as .VS, except that foil size is 7 * 5.4 inches. .WS [w] [string] Reserves w amount of whitespace. w must have dimensions. If string is present, prints, in the reserved space, the caption: "Paste up" string "here." The .S, .DF, .DV, .U and .BX macros do not cause a break. The .I macro causes a break only if it is invoked with more than one argument. All the other macros cause a break. Processed November 7, 1990 MV(7,F) 3 MV(7,F) AIX Technical Reference MV(7,F) The macro package also recognizes the following uppercase synonyms for the corresponding lower case troff requests: .AD .BR .CE .HY .NA .NH .NX .SO .SP .TA .TI The Tm string produces the trademark symbol. The ~ (tilde) character is translated into a blank on output. The following troff symbols are defined: \*t The ASCII tab character. \*E The ellipsis (...). Do not use this symbol within constant-width text. \*u The short name of the operating system in small capital letters. \*(UU The short name of the operating system with a leading full-cap letter. \*(UF The full name of the operating system. \*(Tm The trademark symbol. Note: The VW and SW foils are meant to be 9 inches wide by 7 inches high. However, the typesetter paper is generally only 8 inches wide, so they are printed 7 inches wide by 5.4 inches high. They need to be enlarged by a factor of 9/7 before they can be used as view graphs. FILES /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.v /usr/lib/macros/vmca RELATED INFORMATION The cw, eqn, mmt, tbl, and troff commands in AIX Operating System Commands Reference. Processed November 7, 1990 MV(7,F) 4