latex, elatex, lambda, pdflatex - structured text formatting and typesetting
SYNOPSIS
latex [ first line ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
documentation for this version of (TX can be found in the info file
or manual
"Web2C: A TeX implementation" .
The (LX language is described in the book
"(LX - A Document Preparation System" . (LX is a (TX macro package, not a modification to the (TX source
program, so all the capabilities described in
tex(1) are present.
The (LX macros encourage writers to think about the content of their
documents, rather than the form. The ideal, very difficult to realize, 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''.
The primary source of documentation for (LX is the (LX manual
referenced below, and the local guide in the file
local-guide.tex or
local.tex or some such.
elatex is the e-(TX extended mode version of (LX format.
lambda is the Omega version of the (LX format.
pdflatex is the pdf(TX version of the (LX format.
On some systems
latex209 and
slitex are available for compatibility with older versions of (LX. These
should not be used for new texts.
SEE ALSO
amslatex(1) ,amstex(1) ,tex(1) , Leslie Lamport,
"(LX - A Document Preparation System" , Addison-Wesley, 1985, ISBN 0-201-15790-X.
