groff_mmse(7)

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version 1.24.2 · 12 versions
, in alpine 3.24

✨ Namn ✨

okay so quick intro bestie: this is groff_mmse(7), straight out of the Miscellaneous Information Manual, and it's the whole manual page for 💅 groff_mmse — the Swedish "memorandum" macro package for GNU roff. yes the NAME section is literally just that. we love a minimal queen 🎀

✨ Syntax ✨

the way you call it is a whole vibe, two flavors, same energy:

groff -mmse [flaggor ...] [filer ...]
groff -m mmse [flaggor ...] [filer ...]

like, pick whichever one speaks to you. no cap, they're both valid 🦋

✨ Beskrivning ✨

okay so <hotpink>mmse</hotpink> is a Swedish variant of <hotpink>mm</hotpink>. every single text is translated (Alla texter är översatta) — yes, all of them, we're not doing half-Swedish half-English chaos here 🙈.

on an A4 page you get text that is 13 cm wide, a 3,5 cm indragning, and the page is 28,5 cm high. numbers stay Swedish, decimal commas and all, we respect the locale 💜

there's also support for letter layout (brevuppställning) according to Swedish standard, for both left-justified and right-justified text. iconic.

COVER can take se_ms as its argument. that gives you a Swedish försättsblad (cover page, so fancy ✨). for all the other details, go look at <purple>groff_mm(7)</purple> — iykyk.

✨ Brev ✨

the available letter types are literally:

  • .LT SVV — left-aligned running text (vänsterställd löptext) with the addressee chilling in position T0 (vänsterställt, i.e. left-aligned). classic. 🫶
  • .LT SVH — right-aligned running text (högerställd löptext) with the addressee in position T4 — this one fits window envelopes 👀 (passar fönsterkuvert, very practical of her).

the extra LO variables, because there's more 👑

the following extra LO variables are used:

  • .LO DNAMN namn — sets the document's name (anger dokumentets namn).
  • .LO MDAT datum — the recipient's date (mottagarens datum), and it gets printed under Ert datum: (that's LetMDAT for the macro girlies keeping track 💅).
  • .LO BIL sträng — sets the bilaga (ange bilaga), a number or a string, and it's prefixed with Bilaga (LetBIL).
  • .LO KOMP text — sets the kompletteringsuppgift (anger kompletteringsuppgift). yes, that's the whole description. she's mysterious. 💀
  • .LO DBET beteckning — sets the document designation or document number (dokumentbeteckning eller dokumentnummer).
  • .LO BET beteckning — sets the beteckning (beteckning, as in a case designation in the form of a diarienummer or similar — ärendebeteckning i form av diarienummer eller liknande).
  • .LO SIDOR antal — sets the total number of pages (totala antalet sidor), and it gets printed after the page number inside parentheses. cute little (12/12) moment 🎀
oh and heads up: if the <purple>.TP</purple> macro is defined, it gets called after the letter header has been printed. that's where you'd conveniently drop in the postal address and other stuff as the letter footer (brevfot). literally the spot for it. ✨

✨ Skrivet av ✨

Jörgen Hägg, Lund, Sweden 👑 (shoutout to the Swedish legend who wrote this, we stan)

✨ Filer ✨

the files live here, write them down bestie:

  • /usr/share/groff/1.24.2/tmac/mse.tmac
  • /usr/share/groff/1.24.2/tmac/mm/se_*.cov

✨ Se också ✨

  • groff_mm(7) — go read it, it's the whole other half of the lore 🌈

okay that's the whole page!! and before you close the tab, the receipts: this is from groff 1.24.2, dated 2026-10-01 🦋💖 and it's the groff_mmse(7) page, miscellaneous info girlie, now go write some Swedish memoranda and slay 💅⭐

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