NAME
amstex - structured text formatting and typesetting
SYNOPSIS
amstex
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DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
documentation for this version of can be found in the info file
or manual
R Web2C: A TeX implementation .
The language is described in the book
R The Joy of .
is a macro package, not a modification to the source
program, so all the capabilities described in
tex(1)
are present.
The macros encourage writers to think about the content of their
documents, rather than the form. The ideal, not always realized, is to
have no formatting commands (like ``switch to italic'' or ``skip 2
picas'') in the document at all; instead, everything is done
by specific markup instructions: ``emphasize'', ``start a section''.
is the official typesetting system of the American Mathematical
Society, and nearly all of its publications are typeset using . The
online version of AMS Math Reviews uses input syntax for display of
mathematical material. AMS authors can provide editors with
computer-readable files.
For authors more familiar with , an AMS-supported package called
amsmath.sty
is is available.
FILES
amsguide.tex
Documentation for , typesettable by .
amfndoc.tex
Documentation for AMS fonts, typesettable by .
SEE ALSO
latex(1),
tex(1),
slitex(1).
Michael Spivak,
R The Joy of ,
2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN 0-8218-2997-1.