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15.2 Predefined Strings

Items marked with a dagger ([dagger]) 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
$n[dagger]

Section name

'[dagger]

Acute accent

`[dagger]

Grave accent

qa[dagger]

For all

qe[dagger]

There exists

,[dagger]

Cedilla

:[dagger]

Umlaut

^[dagger]

Caret

o[dagger]

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

v[dagger]

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

{[dagger]

Begin superscript

}[dagger]

End superscript

~[dagger]

Tilde


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