


AMSTEX(1)                                               AMSTEX(1)


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       amstex - structured text formatting and typesetting

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       aammsstteexx [ 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  AmSTeX  language  is described in the book _T_h_e _J_o_y _o_f
       _T_e_X.  AmSTeX is a TeX macro package, not a modification to
       the  TeX source program, so all the capabilities described
       in tteexx(1) are present.

       The AmSTeX 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  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''.

       AmSTeX is the official typesetting system of the  American
       Mathematical  Society,  and nearly all of its publications
       are typeset using AmSTeX.  The online version of AMS  Math
       Reviews uses AmSTeX input syntax for display of mathemati-
       cal material.  AMS authors can provide editors  with  com-
       puter-readable AmSTeX files.

       For  authors  more  familiar  with LaTeX, an AMS-supported
       package called _a_m_s_m_a_t_h_._s_t_y is is available.

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       _a_m_s_g_u_i_d_e_._t_e_x_"
              Documentation for AmSTeX, typesettable by TeX.

       _a_m_f_n_d_o_c_._t_e_x_"
              Documentation for AMS fonts, typesettable by TeX.

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       llaatteexx(1), tteexx(1), sslliitteexx(1).
       Michael Spivak, _T_h_e _J_o_y _o_f _T_e_X, 2nd edition,  Addison-Wes-
       ley, 1990, ISBN 0-8218-2997-1.












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