Reference: .LB
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T22:01:08Z

#

| Chapter 13 mm Macros |

## .LB

    .LB n m pad type [mark] [LI-space] [LB-space]

List beginning. Allows complete control over list format. Begin each list item list with .LI; end list with .LE.

n

  Text indent.

m

  Mark indent.

pad

  Padding associated with mark.

type

  If 0, use the specified `mark`. If non-zero, and `mark` is 1, A, a, I, i, list is automatically numbered or alphabetically sequenced. In this case, `type` controls how `mark` is displayed. For example, if `mark` is currently 1, `type` will have the following results:

  Type | Result
  --- | ---
  1 | 1.
  2 | 1)
  3 | (1)
  4 | [1]
  5 | <1>
  6 | {1}

mark

  Symbol or text to label each list entry. `mark` can be null (creates hanging indent), a text string, or 1, A, a, I, or i to create an automatically numbered or lettered list. See .AL.

LI-space

  Number of blank lines to output between each following .LI macro. Default is 1.

LB-space

  Number of blank lines to output by .LB macro itself. Default is 0.

Reference: .IR |  | Reference: .LC