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5.1.8 Macro Packages
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Macro definitions can be collected into "macro files", 'roff' input
files designed to produce no output themselves but instead ease the
preparation of other 'roff' documents.  There is no syntactical
difference between a macro file and any other 'roff' document; only its
purpose distinguishes it.  When a macro file is installed at a standard
location and suitable for use by a general audience, it is often termed
a "macro package".(1)  (*note Macro Packages-Footnote-1::) Macro
packages can be loaded by supplying the '-m' option to GNU 'troff' or a
'groff' front end.  Alternatively, a document requiring a macro package
can load it with the 'mso' ("macro source") request.

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