(groff.info)Macro Package Intro

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1.4 Macro Packages
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Since `groff' provides such low-level facilities, it can be quite
difficult to use by itself.  However, `groff' provides a "macro"
facility to specify how certain routine operations (e.g. starting
paragraphs, printing headers and footers, etc.)  should be done.  These
macros can be collected together into a "macro package".  There are a
number of macro packages available; the most common (and the ones
described in this manual) are `man', `mdoc', `me', `ms', and `mm'.