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15.2. Predefined Strings

Items marked with a dagger (Figure ) appear in more recent versions of the me macros. You will need to double-check them on your system.

*Footnote number, incremented by .)f macro
#Delayed text number
[Superscript; move up and shrink type size
]Undo superscript
<Subscript; move down and shrink type size
>Undo subscript
3/4 em dash
dwDay of week, as a word
moMonth, as a word
td

Today's date, in the form January 20, 1999.

lqLeft quote mark
rqRight quote mark
$nFigure

Section name

'Figure

Acute accent

`Figure

Grave accent

qaFigure

For all

qeFigure

There exists

,Figure

Cedilla

:Figure

Umlaut

^Figure

Caret

oFigure

Circle (e.g., for Scandinavian [aolig]). Usage is A\*o.

vFigure

Inverted “v” for Czech [czeck-ve]. Usage is e\*v.

{Figure

Begin superscript

}Figure

End superscript

~Figure

Tilde



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