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       latex,  elatex, lambda, pdflatex - structured text format-
       ting and typesetting

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       llaatteexx [ first line ]

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       This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The  com-
       plete  documentation  for this version of TeX can be found
       in the info file or manual _W_e_b_2_C_: _A _T_e_X _i_m_p_l_e_m_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n.

       The LaTeX language is described in the book _L_a_T_e_X _- _A _D_o_c_-
       _u_m_e_n_t  _P_r_e_p_a_r_a_t_i_o_n  _S_y_s_t_e_m.  LaTeX is a TeX macro package,
       not a modification to the TeX source program, so  all  the
       capabilities described in tteexx(1) are present.

       The LaTeX macros encourage writers to think about the con-
       tent of their documents, rather than the form.  The ideal,
       very  difficult  to realize, is to have no formatting com-
       mands (like ``switch to italic'' or ``skip 2  picas'')  in
       the  document  at all; instead, everything is done by spe-
       cific markup instructions: ``emphasize'', ``start  a  sec-
       tion''.

       The primary source of documentation for LaTeX is the LaTeX
       manual referenced below, and the local guide in  the  file
       _l_o_c_a_l_-_g_u_i_d_e_._t_e_x or _l_o_c_a_l_._t_e_x or some such.

       eellaatteexx  is the e-TX extended mode version of LaTeX format.

       llaammbbddaa is the Omega version of the LaTeX format.

       ppddffllaatteexx is the PDFTeX version of the LaTeX format.

       On some systems llaatteexx220099 and sslliitteexx are available for com-
       patibility with older versions of LaTeX.  These should not
       be used for new texts.

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       aammssllaatteexx(1), aammsstteexx(1), tteexx(1),
       Leslie Lamport, _L_a_T_e_X _-  _A  _D_o_c_u_m_e_n_t  _P_r_e_p_a_r_a_t_i_o_n  _S_y_s_t_e_m,
       Addison-Wesley, 1985, ISBN 0-201-15790-X.














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