\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- @tex \gdef\LaTeX{{\rm L\kern-.36em\raise.3ex\hbox{\sc a}\kern-.15em% T\kern-.1667em\lower.7ex\hbox{E}\kern-.125emX\kern.125em}} @end tex @comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) @setfilename ../info/latex @ifinfo @settitle LaTeX help 1.1 @end ifinfo @iftex @settitle @LaTeX help 1.1 @end iftex @comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) @iftex @finalout @end iftex @ifinfo This file documents LaTeX, a document preparation system. LaTeX is a macro package for TeX. This is edition 1.1 of the LaTeX documentation, and is for the Texinfo that is distributed as part of Version 18 of GNU Emacs. It uses version 2.90 of the texinfo.tex input file. This is translated from LATEX.HLP v1.0a in the VMS Help Library. The pre-translation version was written by George D. Greenwade of Sam Houston State University. Copyright 1988,1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, except that the sections entitled ``Distribution'' and ``General Public License'' may be included in a translation approved by the author instead of in the original English. @end ifinfo @setchapternewpage odd @titlepage @sp 11 @comment A hack to get the LaTeX logo to appear big in the title. @tex \font\tempA = cmr10 scaled \magstep4 \font\tempB = cmr8 scaled \magstep4 \centerline{\tempA L\kern-.36em\raise.3ex\hbox{\tempB A}\kern-.15em% T\kern-.1667em\lower.7ex\hbox{E}\kern-.125emX} @end tex @sp 2 @center The macro package for @TeX @sp 2 @center by @center Leslie Lamport. @sp 2 @center Edition 1.1 @sp 2 @center July 1993 @comment Include the Distribution inside the titlepage environment so @comment that headings are turned off. @page @vskip 0pt plus 1filll This is edition 1.1 of the @LaTeX documentation, and is for the Texinfo that is distributed as part of Version 18 of GNU Emacs. It uses version 2.90 of the @file{texinfo.tex} input file. This is translated from LATEX.HLP v1.0a in the VMS Help Library. This pre-translation version was written by George D. Greenwade of Sam Houston State University. It has been edited to this form by Paul Nothard of Edinburgh University. The original (latex.texi and latex2.texi) was distributed by Stephen Gilmore, stg@dcs.ed.ac.uk, August 26th 1993. Version 1.1 was made by Piet van Oostrum on Dec 14, 1993 by merging and cleaning up latex.texi and latex2.texi. @sp 2 This Texinfo file may be copied and distributed in accordance with the usual copying permissions of the Free Software Foundation. These permissions are given in the General Public License section of the ``GNU Emacs Manual''. This software comes with NO WARRANTY. @sp 2 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. 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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, except that the sections entitled ``Distribution'' and ``General Public License'' may be included in a translation approved by the author instead of in the original English. @end titlepage @node Top, License, (dir), (dir) @menu * License:: Licensing information. * Overview:: What is LaTeX? * Commands:: Commands within a LaTeX document. * Parameters:: The command line. also available... * List of Commands:: An alphabetical list of all LaTex commands. * Index:: An alphabetical "Concept Index". @end menu @comment **************************************** @comment *************** LICENSE **************** @comment **************************************** @comment LEVEL1 @node License, Overview, Top, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @unnumbered Licensing Information The programs currently being distributed that relate to Texinfo include two portions of GNU Emacs, plus two other separate programs (@code{texindex} and @code{texinfo.tex}). 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The programs that are part of GNU Emacs are covered by the GNU Emacs copying terms (@pxref{License, , , emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}), and other programs are covered by licensees that are contained in their source files. @comment **************************************** @comment ************** OVERVIEW **************** @comment **************************************** @comment LEVEL1 @node Overview, Commands, License, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @ifinfo @chapter Overview of LaTeX and Local Guide The LaTeX command typesets a file of text using the TeX program and the LaTeX Macro package for TeX. To be more specific, it processes an input file containing the text of a document with interspersed commands that describe how the text should be formatted. It produces at least three files as output: @enumerate @item A "Device Independent", or @file{.dvi} file. This contains commands that can be translated into commands for a variety of output devices. You can view the output of LaTeX by using a program such as @code{xdvi}, which actually uses the @file{.dvi} file. @item A "transcript" or @file{.log} file that contains summary information and diagnostic messages for any errors discovered in the input file. @item An "auxiliary" or @file{.aux} file. This is used by LaTeX itself, for things such as sectioning. @end enumerate For a description of what goes on inside TeX, you should consult @cite{The TeXbook} by Donald E. Knuth, ISBN 0-201-13448-9, published jointly by the American Mathematical Society and Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. For a description of LaTeX, you should consult: @cite{LaTeX: A Document Preparation System}, by Leslie Lamport, ISBN 0-201-15790-X, published jointly by the American Mathematical Society and Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1985. @cite{LaTeX for Engineers & Scientists}, by David J. Buerger, ISBN 0-07-008845-4, McGraw-Hill, 1990. @cite{The LaTeX Cookbook}, by F. Teagle, Informatics Department, Rutherford Appelton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, 1991. @cite{LaTeX for Everyone}, by Jane Hahn, available from PCTeX in California, and from the TeX Users Group, 1991. @cite{LaTeX Line by Line: Tips and Techniques for Document Processing} by Antoni Diller, Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 1992. @cite{A Guide to LaTeX}, by Helmut Kopka and Patrick Daly, Addison-Wesley, 1992. @end ifinfo @iftex @chapter Overview of @LaTeX and Local Guide @cindex Overview of @LaTeX @cindex @LaTeX overview The @LaTeX command typesets a file of text using the @TeX@ program and the @LaTeX Macro package for @TeX. To be more specific, it processes an input file containing the text of a document with interspersed commands that describe how the text should be formatted. It produces at least three files as output: @enumerate @item A "Device Independent", or @file{.dvi} file. This contains commands that can be translated into commands for a variety of output devices. You can view the output of @LaTeX by using a program such as @code{xdvi}, which actually uses the @file{.dvi} file. @item A "transcript" or @file{.log} file that contains summary information and diagnostic messages for any errors discovered in the input file. @item An "auxiliary" or @file{.aux} file. This is used by @LaTeX itself, for things such as sectioning. @end enumerate For a description of what goes on inside @TeX, you should consult @cite{The @TeX book} by Donald E. Knuth, ISBN 0-201-13448-9, published jointly by the American Mathematical Society and Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. For a description of @LaTeX, you should consult: @cite{@LaTeX: A Document Preparation System}, by Leslie Lamport, ISBN 0-201-15790-X, published jointly by the American Mathematical Society and Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1985. @cite{@LaTeX for Engineers & Scientists}, by David J. Buerger, ISBN 0-07-008845-4, McGraw-Hill, 1990. @cite{The @LaTeX Cookbook}, by F. Teagle, Informatics Department, Rutherford Appelton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, 1991. @cite{@LaTeX for Everyone}, by Jane Hahn, available from PC@TeX in California, and from the @TeX@ Users Group, 1991. @cite{@LaTeX Line by Line: Tips and Techniques for Document Processing} by Antoni Diller, Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 1992. @cite{A Guide to @LaTeX}, by Helmut Kopka and Patrick Daly, Addison-Wesley, 1992. @end iftex @comment **************************************** @comment ************** COMMANDS **************** @comment **************************************** @comment LEVEL1 @node Commands, Counters, Overview, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter Commands @ifinfo A LaTeX command begins with the command name, which consists of a @code{\} followed by either (a) a string of letters or (b) a single non-letter. Arguments contained in square brackets, @code{[]}, are optional while arguments contained in braces, @code{@{@}}, are required. NOTE: LaTeX is case sensitive. Enter all commands in lower case unless explicitly directed to do otherwise. @end ifinfo @iftex A @LaTeX command begins with the command name, which consists of a @code{\} followed by either (a) a string of letters or (b) a single non-letter. Arguments contained in square brackets, @code{[]}, are optional while arguments contained in braces, @code{@{@}}, are required. NOTE: @LaTeX is case sensitive. Enter all commands in lower case unless explicitly directed to do otherwise. @end iftex @menu * Counters:: Information on internal counters. * Cross References:: Automatic referencing. * Definitions:: Define your own commands etc. * Document Styles:: Some of the various styles available. * Environments:: Such as enumerate & itemize. * Footnotes:: How to produce footnotes. * Lengths:: The length commands. * Letters:: The letter style. * Line & Page Breaking:: How do insert pagebreaks etc. * Making Paragraphs:: Paragraph commands. * Math Formulae:: How to create mathematical formulae. * Modes:: Paragraph, Math or LR modes. * Page Styles:: Various styles of page layout. * Sectioning:: How to section properly. * Spaces & Boxes:: All the associated commands. * Special Characters:: Special reserved characters. * Splitting the Input:: Dealing with big files by splitting. * Starting & Ending:: The formal start & end layouts. * Table of Contents:: How to create a table of contents. * Terminal Input/Output:: User interaction. * Typefaces:: Such as bold, italics etc. @end menu @comment *************************************** @comment **** Command's LEVEL2 Starts Here. **** @comment *************************************** @comment ************************* @comment ******* Counters ******** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Counters, \addtocounter, Commands, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Counters @cindex Counters, a list of @cindex Variables, a list of... (see also Counters) @ifinfo Everything LaTeX numbers for you has a counter associated with it. The name of the counter is the same as the name of the environment or command that produces the number, except with no @code{\}. (enumi - enumiv are used for the nested enumerate environment.) Below is a list of the counters used in LaTeX's standard document styles to control numbering. @end ifinfo @iftex Everything @LaTeX numbers for you has a counter associated with it. The name of the counter is the same as the name of the environment or command that produces the number, except with no @code{\}. (enumi - enumiv are used for the nested enumerate environment.) Below is a list of the counters used in @LaTeX 's standard document styles to control numbering. @end iftex @example part paragraph figure enumi chapter subparagraph table enumii section page footnote enumiii subsection equation mpfootnote enumiv subsubsection @end example @menu * \addtocounter:: * \alph:: * \arabic:: * \fnsymbol:: * \newcounter:: * \roman:: * \setcounter:: * \usecounter:: * \value:: @end menu @comment ******************* @comment ** \addtocounter ** @comment ******************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \addtocounter, \alph, Counters, Counters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \addtocounter @cindex Counters, adding to @code{\addtocounter@{counter@}@{value@}} The @code{\addtocounter} command increments the @code{counter} by the amount specified by the @code{value} argument. The @code{value} argument can be negative. @comment ************ @comment ** \alph *** @comment ************ @comment LEVEL3 @node \alph, \arabic, \addtocounter, Counters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \alph @code{\alph@{counter@}} This command causes the value of the @code{counter} to be printed in alphabetic characters. The @code{\alph} command causes lower case alphabetic alphabetic characters, i.e., @code{a, b, c...} while the @code{\Alph} command causes upper case alphabetic characters, i.e., @code{A, B, C...}. @comment ************** @comment ** \arabic *** @comment ************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \arabic, \fnsymbol, \alph, Counters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \arabic @code{\arabic@{counter@}} The @code{\arabic} command causes the value of the @code{counter} to be printed in arabic numbers, i.e., @code{3}. @comment *************** @comment ** \fnsymbol ** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \fnsymbol, \newcounter, \arabic, Counters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \fnsymbol @code{\fnsymbol@{counter@}} The @code{\fnsymbol} command causes the value of the @code{counter} to be printed in a specific sequence of nine symbols that can be used for numbering footnotes. @iftex eg. From 1-9: @tex $\ast$ $\dagger$ $\ddagger$ $\S$ $\P$ $\parallel$ $\ast \ast$ $\dagger \dagger$ $\ddagger \ddagger$ @end tex @end iftex NB. @code{counter} must have a value between 1 and 9 inclusive. @comment ***************** @comment ** \newcounter ** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \newcounter, \roman, \fnsymbol, Counters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \newcounter @cindex Counters, creating @code{\newcounter@{foo@}[counter]} The @code{\newcounter} command defines a new counter named @code{foo}. The optional argument @code{[counter]} causes the counter @code{foo} to be reset whenever the counter named in the optional argument is incremented. @comment ************ @comment ** \roman ** @comment ************ @comment LEVEL3 @node \roman, \setcounter, \newcounter, Counters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \roman @code{\roman@{counter@}} This command causes the value of the @code{counter} to be printed in roman numerals. The @code{\roman} command causes lower case roman numerals, i.e., @code{i, ii, iii...}, while the @code{\Roman} command causes upper case roman numerals, i.e., @code{I, II, III...}. @comment ***************** @comment ** \setcounter ** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \setcounter, \usecounter, \roman, Counters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \setcounter @cindex Counters, setting @code{\setcounter@{counter@}@{value@}} The @code{\setcounter} command sets the value of the @code{counter} to that specified by the @code{value} argument. @comment ***************** @comment ** \usecounter ** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \usecounter, \value, \setcounter, Counters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \usecounter @cindex Counters, use of @cindex Using Counters @code{\usecounter@{counter@}} The @code{\usecounter} command is used in the second argument of the @code{list} environment to allow the counter specified to be used to number the list items. @comment ************ @comment ** \value ** @comment ************ @comment LEVEL3 @node \value, Cross References, \usecounter, Counters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \value @cindex Counters, use of @cindex Using Counters @code{\value@{counter@}} @ifinfo The @code{\value} command produces the value of the @code{counter} named in the mandatory argument. It can be used where LaTeX expects an integer or number, such as the second argument of a @code{\setcounter} or @code{\addtocounter} command, or in: @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\value} command produces the value of the @code{counter} named in the mandatory argument. It can be used where @LaTeX expects an integer or number, such as the second argument of a @code{\setcounter} or @code{\addtocounter} command, or in: @end iftex @example \hspace@{\value@{foo@}\parindent@} @end example It is useful for doing arithmetic with counters. @page @comment ************************* @comment **** Cross References *** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Cross References, \label, \value, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Cross References @cindex Cross referencing One reason for numbering things like figures and equations is to refer the reader to them, as in "See Figure 3 for more details." @menu * \label:: * \pageref:: * \ref:: @end menu @comment ************************* @comment **** \label ************* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \label, \pageref, Cross References, Cross References @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \label @cindex Cross referencing @code{\label@{key@}} A @code{\label} command appearing in ordinary text assigns to the @code{key} the number of the current sectional unit; one appearing inside a numbered environment assigns that number to the @code{key}. A @code{key} can consist of any sequence of letters, digits, or punctuation characters. Upper and lowercase letters are different. @comment ************************* @comment **** \pageref *********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \pageref, \ref, \label, Cross References @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \pageref @cindex Cross referencing @code{\pageref@{key@}} The @code{\pageref} command produces the page number of the place in the text where the corresponding @code{\label} command appears. ie. where @code{\label@{key@}} appears. @comment ************************* @comment **** \ref *************** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \ref, Definitions, \pageref, Cross References @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \ref @cindex Cross referencing @code{\ref@{key@}} The @code{\ref} command produces the number of the sectional unit, equation number, ... of the corresponding @code{\label} command. @page @comment ************************* @comment **** Definitions ******** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Definitions, \newcommand, \ref, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Definitions @menu * \newcommand:: * \newenvironment:: * \newtheorem:: * \newfont:: @end menu @comment ************************* @comment **** \newcommand ******** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \newcommand, \newenvironment, Definitions, Definitions @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \newcommand @cindex Commands, defining new ones @cindex Defining a new command @example \newcommand@{cmd@}[args]@{def@} \renewcommand@{cmd@}[args]@{def@} @end example These commands define (or redefine) a command. @table @code @item cmd A command name beginning with a @code{\}. For @code{\newcommand} it must not be already defined and must not begin with @code{\end}; for @code{\renewcommand} it must already be defined. @item args An integer from 1 to 9 denoting the number of arguments of the command being defined. The default is for the command to have no arguments. @item def The text to be substituted for every occurrence of @code{cmd}; a parameter of the form @code{#n} in @code{cmd} is replaced by the text of the nth argument when this substitution takes place. @end table @comment ************************* @comment **** \newenvironment **** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \newenvironment, \newtheorem, \newcommand, Definitions @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \newenvironment @cindex Environments, defining @cindex Defining new environments @example \newenvironment@{nam@}[args]@{begdef@}@{enddef@} \renewenvironment@{nam@}[args]@{begdef@}@{enddef@} @end example These commands define or redefine an environment. @table @code @item nam The name of the environment. For @code{\newenvironment} there must be no currently defined environment by that name, and the command @code{\nam} must be undefined. For @code{\renewenvironment} the environment must already be defined. @item args An integer from 1 to 9 denoting the number of arguments of the newly-defined environment. The default is no arguments. @item begdef The text substituted for every occurrence of @code{\begin@{nam@}}; a parameter of the form @code{#n} in @code{cmd} is replaced by the text of the nth argument when this substitution takes place. @item enddef The text substituted for every occurrence of @code{\end@{nam@}}. It may not contain any argument parameters. @end table @comment ************************* @comment **** \newtheorem ******** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \newtheorem, \newfont, \newenvironment, Definitions @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \newtheorem @cindex Theorems, defining @cindex Defining new theorems @example \newtheorem@{env_name@}@{caption@}[within] \newtheorem@{env_name@}[numbered_like]@{caption@} @end example This command defines a theorem-like environment. @table @code @item env_name The name of the environment to be defined. A string of letters. It must not be the name of an existing environment or counter. @item caption The text printed at the beginning of the environment, right before the number. This may simply say "Theorem", for example. @item within The name of an already defined counter, usually of a sectional unit. Provides a means of resetting the new theorem counter @strong{within} the sectional unit. @item numbered_like The name of an already defined theorem-like environment. @end table The @code{\newtheorem} command may have at most one optional argument. @comment ************************* @comment **** \newfont *********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \newfont, Document Styles, \newtheorem, Definitions @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \newfont @cindex Fonts, new commands for @cindex Defining new fonts @code{\newfont@{cmd@}@{font_name@}} Defines the command name @code{cmd}, which must not be currently defined, to be a declaration that selects the font named @code{font_name} to be the current font. @page @comment ************************* @comment **** Document Styles **** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Document Styles, \flushbottom, \newfont, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Document Styles @cindex Document Styles @cindex Styles of document @cindex article style @cindex report style @cindex book style @cindex letter style @ifinfo Valid LaTeX document styles include: @end ifinfo @iftex Valid @LaTeX document styles include: @end iftex @itemize @bullet @item article @item report @item letter @item book @end itemize Other document styles are often available. @xref{Overview}, for details. They are selected with the following command: @code{\documentstyle [options] @{style@}} The options for the different styles are: @enumerate @item @code{article} - 11pt, 12pt, twoside, twocolumn, draft, fleqn, leqno, acm @item @code{report} - 11pt, 12pt, twoside, twocolumn, draft, fleqn, leqno, acm @item @code{letter} - 11pt, 12pt, fleqn, leqno, acm @item @code{book} - 11pt, 12pt, twoside, twocolumn, draft, fleqn, leqno @end enumerate If you specify more than one option, they must be separated by a comma. @menu * \flushbottom:: * \onecolumn:: * \raggedbottom:: * \twocolumn:: @end menu @comment ************************* @comment **** \flushbottom ******* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \flushbottom, \onecolumn, Document Styles, Document Styles @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \flushbottom The @code{\flushbottom} declaration makes all text pages the same height, adding extra vertical space when necessary to fill out the page. This is the standard for the book style. @comment ************************* @comment **** \onecolumn ********* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \onecolumn, \raggedbottom, \flushbottom, Document Styles @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \onecolumn The @code{\onecolumn} declaration starts a new page and produces single-column output. @comment ************************* @comment **** \raggedbottom ****** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \raggedbottom, \twocolumn, \onecolumn, Document Styles @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \raggedbottom The @code{\raggedbottom} declaration makes all pages the height of the text on that page. No extra vertical space is added. @comment ************************* @comment **** \twocolumn ********* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \twocolumn, Environments, \raggedbottom, Document Styles @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \twocolumn @cindex Multicolumn text The @code{\twocolumn} declaration starts a new page and produces two-column output. @page @comment ************************* @comment **** Environments ******* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Environments, array, \twocolumn, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Environments @cindex Environments @ifinfo LaTeX provides a number of different paragraph-making environments. Each environment begins and ends in the same manner. @end ifinfo @iftex @LaTeX provides a number of different paragraph-making environments. Each environment begins and ends in the same manner. @end iftex @example \begin@{environment-name@} . . . \end@{environment-name@} @end example @menu * array:: * center:: * description:: * enumerate:: * eqnarray:: * equation:: * figure:: * flushleft:: * flushright:: * itemize:: * list:: * minipage:: * picture:: * quotation:: * quote:: * tabbing:: * table:: * tabular:: * thebibliography:: * theorem:: * titlepage:: * verbatim:: * verse:: @end menu @comment ************************* @comment **** array ************** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node array, center, Environments, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection array @cindex Arrays @example \begin@{array@}@{col1col2...coln@} column 1 entry & column 2 entry ... & column n entry \\ . . . \end@{array@} @end example Math arrays are produced with the array environment. It has a single mandatory argument describing the number of columns and the alignment within them. Each column, @code{coln}, is specified by a single letter that tells how items in that row should be formatted. @itemize @bullet @item @code{c} - for centred @item @code{l} - for flushleft @item @code{r} - for flushright @end itemize @ifinfo Column entries must be separated by an @code{&}. Column entries may include other LaTeX commands. Each row of the array must be terminated with the string @code{\\}. @end ifinfo @iftex Column entries must be separated by an @code{&}. Column entries may include other @LaTeX commands. Each row of the array must be terminated with the string @code{\\}. @end iftex @comment ************************* @comment **** center ************* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node center, \centering, array, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection center @cindex Centering text @cindex Formatting text @example \begin@{center@} Text on line 1 \\ Text on line 2 \\ . . . \end@{center@} @end example The @code{center} environment allows you to create a paragraph consisting of lines that are centred within the left and right margins on the current page. Each line must be terminated with the string @code{\\}. @menu * \centering:: @end menu @comment ***************** @comment ** \centering *** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \centering, description, center, center @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \centering @cindex Centering text @cindex Formatting Text This declaration corresponds to the @code{center} environment. This declaration can be used inside an environment such as @code{quote} or in a @code{parbox}. The text of a figure or table can be centered on the page by putting a @code{\centering} command at the beginning of the figure or table environment. @ifinfo Unlike the @code{center} environment, the @code{\centering} command does not start a new paragraph; it simply changes how LaTeX formats paragraph units. To affect a paragraph unit's format, the scope of the declaration must contain the blank line or @code{\end} command (of an environment like quote) that ends the paragraph unit. @end ifinfo @iftex Unlike the @code{center} environment, the @code{\centering} command does not start a new paragraph; it simply changes how @LaTeX formats paragraph units. To affect a paragraph unit's format, the scope of the declaration must contain the blank line or @code{\end} command (of an environment like quote) that ends the paragraph unit. @end iftex @comment ************************* @comment **** description ******** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node description, enumerate, \centering, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection description @cindex description Environments @cindex Environments @example \begin@{description@} \item [label] First item \item [label] Second item . . . \end@{description@} @end example The @code{description} environment is used to make labelled lists. The @code{label} is bold face and flushed right. @comment ************************* @comment **** enumerate ********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node enumerate, eqnarray, description, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection enumerate @cindex enumerate Environment @cindex Environments @cindex Lists of items @example \begin@{enumerate@} \item First item \item Second item . . . \end@{enumerate@} @end example The @code{enumerate} environment produces a numbered list. Enumerations can be nested within one another, up to four levels deep. They can also be nested within other paragraph-making environments. Each item of an enumerated list begins with an @code{\item} command. There must be at least one @code{\item} command within the environment. @comment ************************* @comment **** eqnarray *********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node eqnarray, equation, enumerate, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection eqnarray @cindex eqnarray Environment @cindex Environments @example \begin@{eqnarray@} math formula 1 \\ math formula 2 \\ . . . \end@{eqnarray@} @end example The @code{eqnarray} environment is used to display a sequence of equations or inequalities. It is very much like a three-column @code{array} environment, with consecutive rows separated by @code{\\} and consecutive items within a row separated by an @code{&}. An equation number is placed on every line unless that line has a @code{\nonumber} command. @comment ************************* @comment **** equation *********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node equation, figure, eqnarray, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection equation @cindex equation Environment @cindex Environments @example \begin@{equation@} math formula \end@{equation@} @end example The @code{equation} environment centres your equation on the page and places the equation number in the right margin. @comment ************************* @comment **** figure ************* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node figure, flushleft, equation, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection figure @cindex figure Environment @cindex Environments @cindex Inserting figures @example \begin@{figure@}[placement] body of the figure \caption@{figure title@} \end@{figure@} @end example Figures are objects that are not part of the normal text, and are usually "floated" to a convenient place, like the top of a page. Figures will not be split between two pages. @ifinfo The optional argument @code{[placement]} determines where LaTeX will try to place your figure. There are four places where LaTeX can possibly put a float: @end ifinfo @iftex The optional argument @code{[placement]} determines where @LaTeX will try to place your figure. There are four places where @LaTeX can possibly put a float: @end iftex @enumerate @item @code{h} (Here) - at the position in the text where the figure environment appears. @item @code{t} (Top) - at the top of a text page. @item @code{b} (Bottom) - at the bottom of a text page. @item @code{p} (Page of floats) - on a separate float page, which is a page containing no text, only floats. @end enumerate The standard report and article styles use the default placement @code{tbp}. @ifinfo The body of the figure is made up of whatever text, LaTeX commands, etc. you wish. The @code{\caption} command allows you to title your figure. @end ifinfo @iftex The body of the figure is made up of whatever text, @LaTeX commands, etc. you wish. The @code{\caption} command allows you to title your figure. @end iftex @comment ************************* @comment **** flushleft ********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node flushleft, \raggedright, figure, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection flushleft @cindex Environments @example \begin@{flushleft@} Text on line 1 \\ Text on line 2 \\ . . . \end@{flushleft@} @end example The @code{flushleft} environment allows you to create a paragraph consisting of lines that are flushed left, to the left-hand margin. Each line must be terminated with the string @code{\\}. @menu * \raggedright:: @end menu @comment ***************** @comment * \raggedright ** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \raggedright, flushright, flushleft, flushleft @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \raggedright @cindex Environments This declaration corresponds to the @code{flushleft} environment. This declaration can be used inside an environment such as @code{quote} or in a @code{parbox}. @ifinfo Unlike the @code{flushleft} environment, the @code{\raggedright} command does not start a new paragraph; it simply changes how LaTeX formats paragraph units. To affect a paragraph unit's format, the scope of the declaration must contain the blank line or @code{\end} command (of an environment like quote) that ends the paragraph unit. @end ifinfo @iftex Unlike the @code{flushleft} environment, the @code{\raggedright} command does not start a new paragraph; it simply changes how @LaTeX formats paragraph units. To affect a paragraph unit's format, the scope of the declaration must contain the blank line or @code{\end} command (of an environment like quote) that ends the paragraph unit. @end iftex @comment ************************* @comment **** flushright ********* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node flushright, \raggedleft, \raggedright, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection flushright @example \begin@{flushright@} Text on line 1 \\ Text on line 2 \\ . . . \end@{flushright@} @end example The @code{flushright} environment allows you to create a paragraph consisting of lines that are flushed right, to the right-hand margin. Each line must be terminated with the string @code{\\}. @menu * \raggedleft:: @end menu @comment ***************** @comment * \raggedleft *** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \raggedleft, itemize, flushright, flushright @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \raggedleft This declaration corresponds to the @code{flushright} environment. This declaration can be used inside an environment such as @code{quote} or in a @code{parbox}. @ifinfo Unlike the @code{flushright} environment, the @code{\raggedleft} command does not start a new paragraph; it simply changes how LaTeX formats paragraph units. To affect a paragraph unit's format, the scope of the declaration must contain the blank line or @code{\end} command (of an environment like quote) that ends the paragraph unit. @end ifinfo @iftex Unlike the @code{flushright} environment, the @code{\raggedleft} command does not start a new paragraph; it simply changes how @LaTeX formats paragraph units. To affect a paragraph unit's format, the scope of the declaration must contain the blank line or @code{\end} command (of an environment like quote) that ends the paragraph unit. @end iftex @comment ************************* @comment **** itemize ************ @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node itemize, list, \raggedleft, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection itemize @cindex itemize Environment @cindex Lists of items @cindex Environments @example \begin@{itemize@} \item First item \item Second item . . . \end@{itemize@} @end example The @code{itemize} environment produces a "bulleted" list. Itemizations can be nested within one another, up to four levels deep. They can also be nested within other paragraph-making environments. Each item of an @code{itemized} list begins with an @code{\item} command. There must be at least one @code{\item} command within the environment. @comment ************************* @comment **** list *************** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node list, minipage, itemize, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection list @cindex Environments @cindex list Environment @cindex Lists of items @example \begin@{list@}@{label@}@{spacing@} \item First item \item Second item . . . \end@{list@} @end example @ifinfo The @code{@{label@}} argument specifies how items should be labelled. This argument is a piece of text that is inserted in a box to form the label. This argument can and usually does contain other LaTeX commands. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{@{label@}} argument specifies how items should be labelled. This argument is a piece of text that is inserted in a box to form the label. This argument can and usually does contain other @LaTeX commands. @end iftex The @code{@{spacing@}} argument contains commands to change the spacing parameters for the list. This argument will most often be null, i.e., @code{@{@}}. This will select all default spacing which should suffice for most cases. @comment ************************* @comment **** minipage *********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node minipage, picture, list, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection minipage @cindex minipage Environment @cindex Environments @example \begin@{minipage@}[position]@{width@} text \end@{minipage@} @end example The @code{minipage} environment is similar to a @code{\parbox} command. It takes the same optional @code{position} argument and mandatory @code{width} argument. You may use other paragraph-making environments inside a minipage. Footnotes in a @code{minipage} environment are handled in a way that is particularly useful for putting footnotes in figures or tables. A @code{\footnote} or @code{\footnotetext} command puts the footnote at the bottom of the minipage instead of at the bottom of the page, and it uses the @code{mpfootnote} counter instead of the ordinary @code{footnote} counter. NOTE: Don't put one minipage inside another if you are using footnotes; they may wind up at the bottom of the wrong minipage. @comment ************************* @comment **** picture ************ @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node picture, \circle, minipage, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection picture @cindex Environments @cindex picture Environment @cindex Creating pictures @example \begin@{picture@}(width,height)(x offset,y offset) . picture commands . \end@{picture@} @end example @ifinfo The @code{picture} environment allows you to create just about any kind of picture you want containing text, lines, arrows and circles. You tell LaTeX where to put things in the picture by specifying their coordinates. A coordinate is a number that may have a decimal point and a minus sign - a number like @code{5}, @code{2.3} or @code{-3.1416}. A coordinate specifies a length in multiples of the unit length @code{\unitlength}, so if @code{\unitlength} has been set to @code{1cm}, then the coordinate 2.54 specifies a length of 2.54 centimeters. You can change the value of @code{\unitlength} anywhere you want, using the @code{\setlength} command, but strange things will happen if you try changing it inside the picture environment. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{picture} environment allows you to create just about any kind of picture you want containing text, lines, arrows and circles. You tell @LaTeX where to put things in the picture by specifying their coordinates. A coordinate is a number that may have a decimal point and a minus sign - a number like @code{5}, @code{2.3} or @code{-3.1416}. A coordinate specifies a length in multiples of the unit length @code{\unitlength}, so if @code{\unitlength} has been set to @code{1cm}, then the coordinate 2.54 specifies a length of 2.54 centimeters. You can change the value of @code{\unitlength} anywhere you want, using the @code{\setlength} command, but strange things will happen if you try changing it inside the picture environment. @end iftex A position is a pair of coordinates, such as @code{(2.4,-5)}, specifying the point with x-coordinate @code{2.4} and y-coordinate @code{-5}. Coordinates are specified in the usual way with respect to an origin, which is normally at the lower-left corner of the picture. Note that when a position appears as an argument, it is not enclosed in braces; the parentheses serve to delimit the argument. The @code{picture} environment has one mandatory argument, which is a @code{position}. It specifies the size of the picture. The environment produces a rectangular box with width and height determined by this argument's x- and y-coordinates. The @code{picture} environment also has an optional @code{position} argument, following the @code{size} argument, that can change the origin. (Unlike ordinary optional arguments, this argument is not contained in square brackets.) The optional argument gives the coordinates of the point at the lower-left corner of the picture (thereby determining the origin). For example, if @code{\unitlength} has been set to @code{1mm}, the command... @example \begin@{picture@}(100,200)(10,20) @end example ...produces a picture of width 100 millimeters and height 200 millimeters, whose lower-left corner is the point (10,20) and whose upper-right corner is therefore the point (110,220). When you first draw a picture, you will omit the optional argument, leaving the origin at the lower-left corner. If you then want to modify your picture by shifting everything, you just add the appropriate optional argument. @ifinfo The environment's mandatory argument determines the nominal size of the picture. This need bear no relation to how large the picture really is; LaTeX will happily allow you to put things outside the picture, or even off the page. The picture's nominal size is used by TeX in determining how much room to leave for it. @end ifinfo @iftex The environment's mandatory argument determines the nominal size of the picture. This need bear no relation to how large the picture really is; @LaTeX will happily allow you to put things outside the picture, or even off the page. The picture's nominal size is used by TeX in determining how much room to leave for it. @end iftex Everything that appears in a picture is drawn by the @code{\put} command. The command... @example \put (11.3,-.3)@{...@} @end example ...puts the object specified by @code{...} in the picture, with its reference point at coordinates (11.3,-.3). The reference points for various objects will be described below. The @code{\put} command creates an @code{LR box}. You can put anything in the text argument of the @code{\put} command that you'd put into the argument of an @code{\mbox} and related commands. When you do this, the reference point will be the lower left corner of the box. @menu * \circle:: * \dashbox:: * \frame:: * \framebox (picture):: * \line:: * \linethickness:: * \makebox (picture):: * \multiput:: * \oval:: * \put:: * \shortstack:: * \vector:: @end menu @comment ***************** @comment *** \circle ***** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \circle, \dashbox, picture, picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \circle @code{\circle[*]@{diameter@}} @ifinfo The @code{\circle} command produces a circle of the specified diameter. If the @code{*}-form of the command is used, LaTeX draws a solid circle. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\circle} command produces a circle of the specified diameter. If the @code{*}-form of the command is used, @LaTeX draws a solid circle. @end iftex @comment ***************** @comment *** \dashbox **** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \dashbox, \frame, \circle, picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \dashbox @code{\dashbox@{dash_length@}(width,height)@{...@}} The @code{\dashbox} has an extra argument which specifies the width of each dash. A dashed box looks best when the @code{width} and @code{height} are multiples of the @code{dash_length}. @comment ***************** @comment *** \frame ****** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \frame, \framebox (picture), \dashbox, picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \frame @code{\frame@{...@}} The @code{\frame} command puts a rectangular frame around the object specified in the argument. The reference point is the bottom left corner of the frame. No extra space is put between the frame and the object. @comment ************************** @comment *** \framebox (picture) ** @comment ************************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \framebox (picture), \line, \frame, picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \framebox @code{\framebox(width,height)[position]@{...@}} The @code{\framebox} command is exactly the same as the @code{\makebox} command, except that it puts a frame around the outside of the box that it creates. The @code{framebox} command produces a rule of thickness @code{\fboxrule}, and leaves a space @code{\fboxsep} between the rule and the contents of the box. @comment ***************** @comment *** \line ******* @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \line, \linethickness, \framebox (picture), picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \line @code{\line(x slope,y slope)@{length@}} The @code{\line} command draws a line of the specified @code{length} and @code{slope}. @comment ****************** @comment * \linethickness * @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \linethickness, \makebox (picture), \line, picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \linethickness @code{\linethickness@{dimension@}} Declares the thickness of horizontal and vertical lines in a picture environment to be @code{dimension}, which must be a positive length. It does not affect the thickness of slanted lines and circles, or the quarter circles drawn by @code{\oval} to form the corners of an oval. @comment ************************* @comment *** \makebox (picture) ** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL4 @node \makebox (picture), \multiput, \linethickness, picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \makebox @code{\makebox(width,height)[position]@{...@}} The @code{\makebox} command for the picture environment is similar to the normal @code{\makebox} command except that you must specify a @code{width} and @code{height} in multiples of @code{\unitlength}. The optional argument, @code{[position]}, specifies the quadrant that your text appears in. You may select up to two of the following: @itemize @bullet @item @code{t} - Moves the item to the top of the rectangle @item @code{b} - Moves the item to the bottom @item @code{l} - Moves the item to the left @item @code{r} - Moves the item to the right @end itemize @xref{\makebox}. @comment ***************** @comment *** \multiput *** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \multiput, \oval, \makebox (picture), picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \multiput @code{\multiput(x coord,y coord)(delta x,delta y)@{number of copies@}@{object@}} The @code{\multiput} command can be used when you are putting the same object in a regular pattern across a picture. @comment ***************** @comment *** \oval ***** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \oval, \put, \multiput, picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \oval @code{\oval(width,height)[portion]} The @code{\oval} command produces a rectangle with rounded corners. The optional argument, @code{[portion]}, allows you to select part of the oval. @itemize @bullet @item @code{t} - Selects the top portion @item @code{b} - Selects the bottom portion @item @code{r} - Selects the right portion @item @code{l} - Selects the left portion @end itemize @comment ***************** @comment *** \put ******** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \put, \shortstack, \oval, picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \put @code{\put(x coord,y coord)@{ ... @}} The @code{\put} command places the item specified by the mandatory argument at the given coordinates. @comment ***************** @comment *** \shortstack * @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \shortstack, \vector, \put, picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \shortstack @code{\shortstack[position]@{... \\ ... \\ ...@}} The @code{\shortstack} command produces a stack of objects. The valid positions are: @itemize @bullet @item @code{r} - Moves the objects to the right of the stack @item @code{l} - Moves the objects to the left of the stack @item @code{c} - Moves the objects to the center of the stack (default) @end itemize @comment ***************** @comment *** \vector ***** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \vector, quotation, \shortstack, picture @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \vector @code{\vector(x slope,y slope)@{length@}} The @code{\vector} command draws a line with an arrow of the specified length and slope. The @code{x} and @code{y} values must lie between -4 and +4, inclusive. @comment ************************* @comment **** quotation ********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node quotation, quote, \vector, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection quotation @cindex Environments @cindex quotation Environment @example \begin@{quotation@} text \end@{quotation@} @end example The margins of the @code{quotation} environment are indented on the left and the right. The text is justified at both margins and there is paragraph indentation. Leaving a blank line between text produces a new paragraph. @comment ************************* @comment **** quote ************** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node quote, tabbing, quotation, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection quote @cindex Environments @cindex \quote Environment @example \begin@{quote@} text \end@{quote@} @end example The margins of the @code{quote} environment are indented on the left and the right. The text is justified at both margins. Leaving a blank line between text produces a new paragraph. @comment ************************* @comment **** tabbing ************ @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node tabbing, \=, quote, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection tabbing @cindex Environments @cindex tabbing Environment @example \begin@{tabbing@} text \= more text \= still more text \= last text \\ second row \> \> more \\ . . . \end@{tabbing@} @end example The @code{tabbing} environment provides a way to align text in columns. It works by setting tab stops and tabbing to them much the way you do with an ordinary typewriter. @menu * \= :: * \> :: * \< :: * \+ :: * \- (tabbing) :: * \A :: * \` :: * \kill :: @end menu @comment ***************** @comment *** \= ******** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \=, \>, tabbing, tabbing @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \= The @code{\=} command sets the tab stops. @comment ***************** @comment *** \> ******** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \>, \<, \=, tabbing @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \> @ifinfo The @code{\>} command causes LaTeX to advance to the next tab stop. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\>} command causes @LaTeX to advance to the next tab stop. @end iftex @comment ***************** @comment *** \< ******** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \<, \+, \>, tabbing @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \< The @code{\<} command allows you to put something to the left of the local margin without changing the margin. @comment ***************** @comment *** \+ ******** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \+, \- (tabbing), \<, tabbing @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \+ The @code{\+} command moves the left margin of the next and all the following commands one tab stop to the right. @comment ********************* @comment *** \- (tabbing) *** @comment ********************* @comment LEVEL4 @node \- (tabbing), \A, \+, tabbing @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \- The @code{\-} command moves the left margin of the next and all the following commands one tab stop to the left. @comment ***************** @comment *** \' ******** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \A, \`, \- (tabbing), tabbing @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \' The @code{\'} command moves everything that you have typed so far in the current column, everything starting from the most recent @code{\>}, @code{\<}, @code{\'}, @code{\\}, or @code{\kill} command, to the right of the previous column, flush against the current column's tab stop. @comment ***************** @comment *** \` ******** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \`, \kill, \A, tabbing @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \` The @code{\`} command allows you to put text flushed right against any tab stop, including tab stop 0. However, it can't move text to the right of the last column because there's no tab stop there. The @code{\`} command moves all the text that follows it, up to the @code{\\} or @code{\end@{tabbing@}} command that ends the line, to the right margin of the tabbing environment. There must be no @code{\>} or @code{\'} command between the @code{\`} and the command that ends the line. @comment ***************** @comment *** \kill ***** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \kill, table, \`, tabbing @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \kill The @code{\kill} command allows you to set tab stops without producing text. It works just like the @code{\\} except that it throws away the current line instead of producing output for it. The effect of any @code{\=}, @code{\+} or @code{\-} commands in that line remain in effect. @comment ************************* @comment **** table ************** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node table, tabular, \kill, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection table @cindex Environments @cindex table Environment @example \begin@{table@}[placement] body of the table \caption@{table title@} \end@{table@} @end example Tables are objects that are not part of the normal text, and are usually "floated" to a convenient place, like the top of a page. Tables will not be split between two pages. @ifinfo The optional argument @code{[placement]} determines where LaTeX will try to place your table. There are four places where LaTeX can possibly put a float: @end ifinfo @iftex The optional argument @code{[placement]} determines where @LaTeX will try to place your table. There are four places where @LaTeX can possibly put a float: @end iftex @itemize @bullet @item @code{h} : Here - at the position in the text where the table environment appears. @item @code{t} : Top - at the top of a text page. @item @code{b} : Bottom - at the bottom of a text page. @item @code{p} : Page of floats - on a separate float page, which is a page containing no text, only floats. @end itemize The standard @code{report} and @code{article} styles use the default placement @code{[tbp]}. @ifinfo The body of the table is made up of whatever text, LaTeX commands, etc., you wish. The @code{\caption} command allows you to title your table. @end ifinfo @iftex The body of the table is made up of whatever text, LaTeX commands, etc., you wish. The @code{\caption} command allows you to title your table. @end iftex @comment ************************* @comment **** tabular ************ @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node tabular, \cline, table, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection tabular @cindex Environment @cindex tabular Environment @example \begin@{tabular@}[pos]@{cols@} column 1 entry & column 2 entry ... & column n entry \\ . . . \end@{tabular@} or \begin@{tabular*@}@{width@}[pos]@{cols@} column 1 entry & column 2 entry ... & column n entry \\ . . . \end@{tabular*@} @end example These environments produce a box consisting of a sequence of rows of items, aligned vertically in columns. The mandatory and optional arguments consist of: @table @code @item width Specifies the width of the @code{tabular*} environment. There must be rubber space between columns that can stretch to fill out the specified width. @item pos Specifies the vertical position; default is alignment on the center of the environment. @itemize @bullet @item @code{t} - align on top row @item @code{b} - align on bottom row @end itemize @item cols Specifies the column formatting. It consists of a sequence of the following specifiers, corresponding to the sequence of columns and intercolumn material. @itemize @bullet @item @code{l} - A column of left-aligned items. @item @code{r} - A column of right-aligned items. @item @code{c} - A column of centred items. @item @code{|} - A vertical line the full height and depth of the environment. @item @code{@@@{text@}} - This inserts text in every row. An @@-expression suppresses the intercolumn space normally inserted between columns; any desired space between the inserted text and the adjacent items must be included in text. An @code{\extracolsep@{wd@}} command in an @@-expression causes an extra space of width @code{wd} to appear to the left of all subsequent columns, until countermanded by another @code{\extracolsep} command. Unlike ordinary intercolumn space, this extra space is not suppressed by an @@-expression. An @code{\extracolsep} command can be used only in an @@-expression in the @code{cols} argument. @item @code{p@{wd@}} - Produces a column with each item typeset in a parbox of width @code{wd}, as if it were the argument of a @code{\parbox[t]@{wd@}} command. However, a @code{\\} may not appear in the item, except in the following situations: @enumerate @item inside an environment like @code{minipage}, @code{array}, or @code{tabular}. @item inside an explicit @code{\parbox}. @item in the scope of a @code{\centering}, @code{\raggedright}, or @code{\raggedleft} declaration. The latter declarations must appear inside braces or an environment when used in a @code{p-column} element. @end enumerate @item @code{*@{num@}@{cols@}} - Equivalent to @code{num} copies of @code{cols}, where @code{num} is any positive integer and @code{cols} is any list of column-specifiers, which may contain another @code{*-expression}. @end itemize @end table @menu * \cline:: * \hline:: * \multicolumn:: * \vline:: @end menu @comment ***************** @comment *** \cline **** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \cline, \hline, tabular, tabular @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \cline @code{\cline@{i-j@}} The @code{\cline} command draws horizontal lines across the columns specified, beginning in column @code{i} and ending in column @code{j}, which are identified in the mandatory argument. @comment ***************** @comment *** \hline **** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \hline, \multicolumn, \cline, tabular @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \hline The @code{\hline} command will draw a horizontal line the width of the table. It's most commonly used to draw a line at the top, bottom, and between the rows of the table. @comment ***************** @comment ** \multicolumn * @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \multicolumn, \vline, \hline, tabular @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \multicolumn @code{\multicolumn@{cols@}@{pos@}@{text@}} The @code{\multicolumn} is used to make an entry that spans several columns. The first mandatory argument, @code{cols}, specifies the number of columns to span. The second mandatory argument, @code{pos}, specifies the formatting of the entry; @code{c} for centred, @code{l} for flushleft, @code{r} for flushright. The third mandatory argument, @code{text}, specifies what text is to make up the entry. @comment ***************** @comment *** \vline **** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \vline, thebibliography, \multicolumn, tabular @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \vline The @code{\vline} command will draw a vertical line extending the full height and depth of its row. An @code{\hfill} command can be used to move the line to the edge of the column. It can also be used in an @@-expression. @comment ************************* @comment **** thebibliography **** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node thebibliography, \bibitem, \vline, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection thebibliography @cindex Environments @cindex thebibliography Environment @cindex Bibliography, creating @example \begin@{thebibliography@}@{widest-label@} \bibitem[label]@{cite_key@} . . . \end@{thebibliography@} @end example The @code{thebibliography} environment produces a bibliography or reference list. In the @code{article} style, this reference list is labelled "References"; in the @code{report} style, it is labelled "Bibliography". @itemize @bullet @item @code{widest-label}: Text that, when printed, is approximately as wide as the widest item label produces by the @code{\bibitem} commands. @end itemize @menu * \bibitem:: * \cite:: * \nocite:: @end menu @comment ***************** @comment *** \bibitem **** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \bibitem, \cite, thebibliography, thebibliography @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \bibitem @code{\bibitem[label]@{cite_key@}} The @code{\bibitem} command generates an entry labelled by @code{label}. If the @code{label} argument is missing, a number is generated as the @code{label}, using the @code{enumi} counter. The @code{cite_key} is any sequence of letters, numbers, and punctuation symbols not containing a comma. This command writes an entry on the @file{.aux} file containing @code{cite_key} and the item's @code{label}. When this @file{.aux} file is read by the @code{\begin@{document@}} command, the item's @code{label} is associated with @code{cite_key}, causing the reference to @code{cite_key} by a @code{\cite} command to produce the associated @code{label}. @comment ***************** @comment *** \cite ******* @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \cite, \nocite, \bibitem, thebibliography @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \cite @code{\cite[text]@{key_list@}} The @code{key_list} argument is a list of citation keys. This command generates an in-text citation to the references associated with the keys in @code{key_list} by entries on the @file{.aux} file read by the @code{\begin@{document@}} command. @comment ***************** @comment *** \nocite ***** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \nocite, theorem, \cite, thebibliography @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \nocite @code{\nocite@{key_list@}} The @code{\nocite} command produces no text, but writes @code{key_list}, which is a list of one or more citation keys, on the @file{.aux} file. @comment ************************* @comment **** theorem ************ @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node theorem, titlepage, \nocite, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection theorem @cindex Environments @cindex theorem Environment @example \begin@{theorem@} theorem text \end@{theorem@} @end example The @code{theorem} environment produces "Theorem x" in boldface followed by your theorem text. @comment ************************* @comment **** titlepage ********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node titlepage, verbatim, theorem, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection titlepage @cindex Environments @cindex titlepage Environment @cindex Making a title page @cindex Title pages, creating @example \begin@{titlepage@} text \end@{titlepage@} @end example The @code{titlepage} environment creates a title page, i.e. a page with no printed page number or heading. It also causes the following page to be numbered page one. Formatting the title page is left to you. The @code{\today} command comes in handy for title pages. @comment ************************* @comment **** verbatim *********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node verbatim, \verb, titlepage, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection verbatim @cindex Environment @cindex verbatim Environment @example \begin@{verbatim@} text \end@{verbatim@} @end example @ifinfo The @code{verbatim} environment is a paragraph-making environment that gets LaTeX to print exactly what you type in. It turns LaTeX into a typewriter with carriage returns and blanks having the same effect that they would on a typewriter. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{verbatim} environment is a paragraph-making environment that gets @LaTeX to print exactly what you type in. It turns @LaTeX into a typewriter with carriage returns and blanks having the same effect that they would on a typewriter. @end iftex @menu * \verb:: @end menu @comment ***************** @comment *** \verb ******* @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \verb, verse, verbatim, verbatim @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection \verb @cindex verbatim Environment @code{\verb char literal_text char \verb*char literal_text char} Typesets @code{literal_text} exactly as typed, including special characters and spaces, using a typewriter (@code{\tt}) type style. There may be no space between @code{\verb} or @code{\verb*} and @code{char} (space is shown here only for clarity). The @code{*-form} differs only in that spaces are printed. @comment ************************* @comment **** verse ************** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 @node verse, Footnotes, \verb, Environments @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection verse @cindex Environments @cindex verse Environment @cindex Poetry, an environment for @example \begin@{verse@} text \end@{verse@} @end example The @code{verse} environment is designed for poetry, though you may find other uses for it. @page @comment ************************************ @comment **** LEVEL2 Starts Here again. **** @comment ************************************ @comment ************************* @comment **** Footnotes ********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Footnotes, \footnote, verse, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Footnotes @cindex Footnotes, creating @code{Footnotes} can be produced in one of two ways. They can be produced with one command, the @code{\footnote} command. They can also be produced with two commands, the @code{\footnotemark} and the @code{\footnotetext} commands. See the specific command for information on why you would use one over the other. @menu * \footnote:: * \footnotemark:: * \footnotetext:: @end menu @comment ********************** @comment **** \footnote ******* @comment ********************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \footnote, \footnotemark, Footnotes, Footnotes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \footnote @code{\footnote[number]@{text@}} The @code{\footnote} command places the numbered footnote @code{text} at the bottom of the current page. The optional argument, @code{number}, is used to change the default footnote number. This command can only be used in outer paragraph mode. @comment ********************** @comment **** \footnotemark *** @comment ********************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \footnotemark, \footnotetext, \footnote, Footnotes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \footnotemark The @code{\footnotemark} command puts the footnote @code{number} in the text. This command can be used in inner paragraph mode. The text of the footnote is supplied by the @code{\footnotetext} command. @comment ********************** @comment **** \footnotetext *** @comment ********************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \footnotetext, Lengths, \footnotemark, Footnotes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \footnotetext @code{\footnotetext[number]@{text@}} The @code{\footnotetext} command produces the @code{text} to be placed at the bottom of the page. This command can come anywhere after the @code{\footnotemark} command. The @code{\footnotetext} command must appear in outer paragraph mode. The optional argument, @code{number}, is used to change the default footnote number. @page @comment ************************* @comment ******* Lengths ********* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Lengths, \newlength, \footnotetext, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Lengths @cindex Lengths, defining and using @ifinfo A @code{length} is a measure of distance. Many LaTeX commands take a length as an argument. @end ifinfo @iftex A @code{length} is a measure of distance. Many @LaTeX commands take a length as an argument. @end iftex @menu * \newlength:: * \setlength:: * \addtolength:: * \settowidth:: @end menu @comment ********************** @comment **** \newlength ****** @comment ********************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \newlength, \setlength, Lengths, Lengths @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \newlength @cindex Lengths, defining and using @code{\newlength@{\gnat@}} The @code{\newlength} command defines the mandatory argument, @code{\gnat}, as a @code{length} command with a value of @code{0in}. An error occurs if a @code{\gnat} command already exists. @comment ********************** @comment **** \setlength ****** @comment ********************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \setlength, \addtolength, \newlength, Lengths @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \setlength @cindex Lengths, defining and using @code{\setlength@{\gnat@}@{length@}} @ifinfo The @code{\setlength} command is used to set the value of a @code{length} command. The @code{length} argument can be expressed in any terms of length LaTeX understands, i.e., inches (@code{in}), millimeters (@code{mm}), points (@code{pt}), etc. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\setlength} command is used to set the value of a @code{length} command. The @code{length} argument can be expressed in any terms of length @LaTeX understands, i.e., inches (@code{in}), millimeters (@code{mm}), points (@code{pt}), etc. @end iftex @comment ********************** @comment **** \addtolength **** @comment ********************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \addtolength, \settowidth, \setlength, Lengths @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \addtolength @cindex Lengths, defining and using @code{\addtolength@{\gnat@}@{length@}} The @code{\addtolength} command increments a "length command" by the amount specified in the @code{length} argument. It can be a negative amount. @comment ********************** @comment **** \settowidth ***** @comment ********************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \settowidth, Letters, \addtolength, Lengths @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \settowidth @cindex Lengths, defining and using @code{\settowidth@{\gnat@}@{text@}} The @code{\settowidth} command sets the value of a @code{length} command equal to the width of the @code{text} argument. @page @comment ************************* @comment ******* Letters ********* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Letters, \opening, \settowidth, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Letters @cindex Letters @cindex Creating Letters @ifinfo You can use LaTeX to typeset letters, both personal and business. The @code{letter} document style is designed to make a number of letters at once, although you can make just one if you so desire. @end ifinfo @iftex You can use @LaTeX to typeset letters, both personal and business. The @code{letter} document style is designed to make a number of letters at once, although you can make just one if you so desire. @end iftex Your @file{.tex} source file has the same minimum commands as the other document styles, i.e., you must have the following commands as a minimum: @example \documentstyle@{letter@} \begin@{document@} ... letters ... \end@{document@} @end example Each letter is a @code{letter} environment, whose argument is the name and address of the recipient. For example, you might have: @example \begin@{letter@}@{Mr. Joe Smith\\ 2345 Princess St. \\ Edinburgh, EH1 1AA@} ... \end@{letter@} @end example @ifinfo The letter itself begins with the @code{\opening} command. The text of the letter follows. It is typed as ordinary LaTeX input. Commands that make no sense in a letter, like @code{\chapter}, don't work. The letter closes with a @code{\closing} command. @end ifinfo @iftex The letter itself begins with the @code{\opening} command. The text of the letter follows. It is typed as ordinary @LaTeX input. Commands that make no sense in a letter, like @code{\chapter}, don't work. The letter closes with a @code{\closing} command. @end iftex After the @code{closing}, you can have additional material. The @code{\cc} command produces the usual "cc: ...". There's also a similar @code{\encl} command for a list of enclosures. @menu * \opening:: * \closing:: * Declarations:: @end menu @comment ****************** @comment ** \opening ****** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \opening, \closing, Letters, Letters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \opening @cindex Letters @code{\opening@{text@}} The letter begins with the @code{\opening} command. The mandatory argument, @code{text}, is whatever text you wish to start your letter, i.e., @example \opening@{Dear Joe,@} @end example @comment ****************** @comment ** \closing ****** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \closing, Declarations, \opening, Letters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \closing @cindex Letters @code{\closing@{text@}} The letter closes with a @code{\closing} command, i.e., @example \closing@{Best Regards,@} @end example @comment ****************** @comment ** Declarations ** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node Declarations, \address, \closing, Letters @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Declarations @cindex Letters The following commands are declarations which take a single argument. @menu * \address:: * \signature:: * \location:: * \telephone:: @end menu @comment ************** @comment ** \address ** @comment ************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \address, \signature, Declarations, Declarations @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \address @cindex Letters @code{\address@{Return address@}} The return address, as it should appear on the letter and the envelope. Separate lines of the address should be separated by @code{\\} commands. If you do not make an @code{\address} declaration, then the letter will be formatted for copying onto your organisation's standard letterhead. (@xref{Overview}, for details on your local implementation). If you give an @code{\address} declaration, then the letter will be formatted as a personal letter. @comment ************** @comment * \signature * @comment ************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \signature, \location, \address, Declarations @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \signature @cindex Letters @code{\signature@{Your name@}} Your name, as it should appear at the end of the letter underneath the space for your signature. Items that should go on separate lines should be separated by @code{\\} commands. @comment ************** @comment * \location ** @comment ************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \location, \telephone, \signature, Declarations @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \location @cindex Letters @code{\location@{address@}} This modifies your organisation's standard address. This only appears if the @code{firstpage} pagestyle is selected. @comment ************** @comment * \telephone * @comment ************** @comment LEVEL4 @node \telephone, Line & Page Breaking, \location, Declarations @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \telephone @cindex Letters @code{\telephone@{number@}} This is your telephone number. This only appears if the @code{firstpage} pagestyle is selected. @page @comment ************************* @comment * Line & Page Breaking ** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Line & Page Breaking, \\, \telephone, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Line & Page Breaking @cindex Page Breaking @cindex Line Breaking @cindex Page Formatting @ifinfo The first thing LaTeX does when processing ordinary text is to translate your input file into a string of glyphs and spaces. To produce a printed document, this string must be broken into lines, and these lines must be broken into pages. In some environments, you do the line breaking yourself with the @code{\\} command, but LaTeX usually does it for you. @end ifinfo @iftex The first thing @LaTeX does when processing ordinary text is to translate your input file into a string of glyphs and spaces. To produce a printed document, this string must be broken into lines, and these lines must be broken into pages. In some environments, you do the line breaking yourself with the @code{\\} command, but @LaTeX usually does it for you. @end iftex @menu * \\:: * \- (hyphenation):: * \cleardoublepage:: * \clearpage:: * \hyphenation:: * \linebreak:: * \newline:: * \newpage:: * \nolinebreak:: * \nopagebreak:: * \pagebreak:: @end menu @comment ****************** @comment ****** \\ ******** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \\, \- (hyphenation), Line & Page Breaking, Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \\ @cindex Newline @code{\\[*][extra-space]} @ifinfo The @code{\\} command tells LaTeX to start a new line. It has an optional argument, @code{extra-space}, that specifies how much extra vertical space is to be inserted before the next line. This can be a negative amount. The @code{\\*} command is the same as the ordinary @code{\\} command except that it tells LaTeX not to start a new page after the line. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\\} command tells @LaTeX to start a new line. It has an optional argument, @code{extra-space}, that specifies how much extra vertical space is to be inserted before the next line. This can be a negative amount. The @code{\\*} command is the same as the ordinary @code{\\} command except that it tells @LaTeX not to start a new page after the line. @end iftex @comment ********************** @comment ** \- (hyphenation) ** @comment ********************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \- (hyphenation), \cleardoublepage, \\, Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \- @cindex Hyphenation @ifinfo The @code{\-} command tells LaTeX that it may hyphenate the word at that point. LaTeX is very good at hyphenating, and it will usually find all correct hyphenation points. The @code{\-} command is used for the exceptional cases. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\-} command tells @LaTeX that it may hyphenate the word at that point. @LaTeX is very good at hyphenating, and it will usually find all correct hyphenation points. The @code{\-} command is used for the exceptional cases. @end iftex @comment ******************** @comment * \cleardoublepage * @comment ******************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \cleardoublepage, \clearpage, \- (hyphenation), Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \cleardoublepage @cindex Flushing a page The @code{\cleardoublepage} command ends the current page and causes all figures and tables that have so far appeared in the input to be printed. In a two-sided printing style, it also makes the next page a right-hand (odd-numbered) page, producing a blank page if necessary. @comment ****************** @comment ** \clearpage **** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \clearpage, \hyphenation, \cleardoublepage, Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \clearpage @cindex Flushing a page The @code{\clearpage} command ends the current page and causes all figures and tables that have so far appeared in the input to be printed. @comment ****************** @comment ** \hyphenation ** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \hyphenation, \linebreak, \clearpage, Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \hyphenation @code{\hyphenation@{words@}} @cindex Hyphenation The @code{\hyphenation} command declares allowed hyphenation points, where @code{words} is a list of words, separated by spaces, in which each hyphenation point is indicated by a @code{-} character. @comment ****************** @comment ** \linebreak **** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \linebreak, \newline, \hyphenation, Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \linebreak @cindex Line Breaks @code{\linebreak[number]} @ifinfo The @code{\linebreak} command tells LaTeX to break the current line at the point of the command. With the optional argument, @code{number}, you can convert the @code{\linebreak} command from a demand to a request. The number must be a number from 0 to 4. The higher the number, the more insistent the request is. The @code{\linebreak} command causes LaTeX to stretch the line so it extends to the right margin. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\linebreak} command tells @LaTeX to break the current line at the point of the command. With the optional argument, @code{number}, you can convert the @code{\linebreak} command from a demand to a request. The number must be a number from 0 to 4. The higher the number, the more insistent the request is. The @code{\linebreak} command causes @LaTeX to stretch the line so it extends to the right margin. @end iftex @comment ****************** @comment ** \newline ****** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \newline, \newpage, \linebreak, Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \newline @cindex Newline The @code{\newline} command breaks the line right where it is. The @code{\newline} command can be used only in paragraph mode. @comment ****************** @comment ** \newpage ****** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \newpage, \nolinebreak, \newline, Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \newpage @cindex New Page The @code{\newpage} command ends the current page. @comment ****************** @comment * \nolinebreak *** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \nolinebreak, \nopagebreak, \newpage, Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \nolinebreak @code{\nolinebreak[number]} @ifinfo The @code{\nolinebreak} command prevents LaTeX from breaking the current line at the point of the command. With the optional argument, @code{number}, you can convert the @code{\nolinebreak} command from a demand to a request. The number must be a number from 0 to 4. The higher the number, the more insistent the request is. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\nolinebreak} command prevents @LaTeX from breaking the current line at the point of the command. With the optional argument, @code{number}, you can convert the @code{\nolinebreak} command from a demand to a request. The number must be a number from 0 to 4. The higher the number, the more insistent the request is. @end iftex @comment ****************** @comment ** \nopagebreak ** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \nopagebreak, \pagebreak, \nolinebreak, Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \nopagebreak @code{\nopagebreak[number]} @ifinfo The @code{\nopagebreak} command prevents LaTeX from breaking the current page at the point of the command. With the optional argument, @code{number}, you can convert the @code{\nopagebreak} command from a demand to a request. The number must be a number from 0 to 4. The higher the number, the more insistent the request is. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\nopagebreak} command prevents @LaTeX from breaking the current page at the point of the command. With the optional argument, @code{number}, you can convert the @code{\nopagebreak} command from a demand to a request. The number must be a number from 0 to 4. The higher the number, the more insistent the request is. @end iftex @comment ****************** @comment ** \pagebreak **** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \pagebreak, Making Paragraphs, \nopagebreak, Line & Page Breaking @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \pagebreak @cindex Page breaking @code{\pagebreak[number]} @ifinfo The @code{\pagebreak} command tells LaTeX to break the current page at the point of the command. With the optional argument, @code{number}, you can convert the @code{\pagebreak} command from a demand to a request. The number must be a number from 0 to 4. The higher the number, the more insistent the request is. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\pagebreak} command tells @LaTeX to break the current page at the point of the command. With the optional argument, @code{number}, you can convert the @code{\pagebreak} command from a demand to a request. The number must be a number from 0 to 4. The higher the number, the more insistent the request is. @end iftex @page @comment ************************* @comment *** Making Paragraphs *** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Making Paragraphs, \indent, \pagebreak, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Making Paragraphs @cindex Making Paragraphs @cindex Paragraphs A paragraph is ended by one or more completely blank lines -- lines not containing even an @code{%}. A blank line should not appear where a new paragraph cannot be started, such as in math mode or in the argument of a sectioning command. @menu * \indent:: * \noindent:: * \par:: @end menu @comment ****************** @comment ** \indent ******* @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \indent, \noindent, Making Paragraphs, Making Paragraphs @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \indent @cindex Paragraphs @code{\indent} This produces a horizontal space whose width equals the width of the paragraph indentation. It is used to add paragraph indentation where it would otherwise be suppressed. @comment ****************** @comment ** \noindent ***** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \noindent, \par, \indent, Making Paragraphs @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \noindent @cindex Paragraphs @code{\noindent} When used at the beginning of the paragraph, it suppresses the paragraph indentation. It has no effect when used in the middle of a paragraph. @comment ****************** @comment ** \par ********** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \par, Math Formulae, \noindent, Making Paragraphs @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \par @cindex Paragraphs Equivalent to a blank line; often used to make command or environment definitions easier to read. @page @comment ************************* @comment **** Math Formulae ****** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Math Formulae, Subscripts & Superscripts, \par, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Math Formulae @cindex Math Formulae @cindex Formulae, maths @cindex Math mode @ifinfo There are three environments that put LaTeX in math mode: @end ifinfo @iftex There are three environments that put @LaTeX in math mode: @end iftex @table @code @item math For Formulae that appear right in the text. @item displaymath For Formulae that appear on their own line. @item equation The same as the displaymath environment except that it adds an equation number in the right margin. @end table The @code{math} environment can be used in both paragraph and LR mode, but the @code{displaymath} and @code{equation} environments can be used only in paragraph mode. The @code{math} and @code{displaymath} environments are used so often that they have the following short forms: @example \(...\) instead of \begin@{math@}...\end@{math@} \[...\] instead of \begin@{displaymath@}...\end@{displaymath@} @end example In fact, the @code{math} environment is so common that it has an even shorter form: @example $ ... $ instead of \(...\) @end example @menu * Subscripts & Superscripts:: * Math Symbols:: * Spacing in Math Mode:: * Math Miscellany:: @end menu @comment ***************************** @comment * Subscripts & Superscripts * @comment ***************************** @comment LEVEL3 @node Subscripts & Superscripts, Math Symbols, Math Formulae, Math Formulae @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Subscripts & Superscripts @cindex Math mode @cindex Superscript @cindex Subscript @ifinfo To get an expression @code{exp} to appear as a subscript, you just type @code{_@{exp@}}. To get @code{exp} to appear as a superscript, you type @code{^@{exp@}}. LaTeX handles superscripted superscripts and all of that stuff in the natural way. It even does the right thing when something has both a subscript and a superscript. @end ifinfo @iftex To get an expression @code{exp} to appear as a subscript, you just type @code{_@{exp@}}. To get @code{exp} to appear as a superscript, you type @code{^@{exp@}}. @LaTeX handles superscripted superscripts and all of that stuff in the natural way. It even does the right thing when something has both a subscript and a superscript. @end iftex @comment ****************** @comment ** Math Symbols ** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node Math Symbols, Spacing in Math Mode, Subscripts & Superscripts, Math Formulae @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Math Symbols @cindex Math mode @cindex Maths symbols @cindex Symbols @ifinfo LaTeX provides almost any mathematical symbol you're likely to need. The commands for generating them can be used only in math mode. For example, if you include @code{$\pi$} in your source, you will get the symbol "pi" in your output. @end ifinfo @iftex @LaTeX provides almost any mathematical symbol you're likely to need. The commands for generating them can be used only in math mode. For example, if you include @code{$\pi$} in your source, you will get the symbol @tex $\pi$ @end tex in your output. @end iftex @comment ************************ @comment * Spacing in Math Mode * @comment ************************ @comment LEVEL3 @node Spacing in Math Mode, Math Miscellany, Math Symbols, Math Formulae @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Spacing in Math Mode @cindex Spacing, within Math mode @cindex Math mode, spacing @ifinfo In a @code{math} environment, LaTeX ignores the spaces you type and puts in the spacing that it thinks is best. LaTeX formats mathematics the way it's done in mathematics texts. If you want different spacing, LaTeX provides the following four commands for use in math mode: @end ifinfo @iftex In a @code{math} environment, @LaTeX ignores the spaces you type and puts in the spacing that it thinks is best. @LaTeX formats mathematics the way it's done in mathematics texts. If you want different spacing, @LaTeX provides the following four commands for use in math mode: @end iftex @enumerate @item @code{\;} - a thick space @item @code{\:} - a medium space @item @code{\,} - a thin space @item @code{\!} - a negative thin space @end enumerate @comment ******************* @comment * Math Miscellany * @comment ******************* @comment LEVEL3 @node Math Miscellany, Modes, Spacing in Math Mode, Math Formulae @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Math Miscellany @cindex Maths Miscellany @cindex Math mode @table @code @item \cdots The @code{\cdots} command produces a horizontal ellipsis where the dots are raised to the center of the line. @iftex eg. @tex $\cdots$ @end tex @end iftex @item \ddots The @code{\ddots} command produces a diagonal ellipsis. @iftex eg. @tex $\ddots$ @end tex @end iftex @item \frac @code{\frac@{num@}@{den@}} The @code{\frac} command produces the fraction @code{num} divided by @code{den}. @iftex eg. @tex ${1}\over{4}$ @end tex @end iftex @item \ldots The @code{\ldots} command produces an ellipsis. This command works in any mode, not just math mode. @iftex eg. @tex $\ldots$ @end tex @end iftex @item \overbrace @code{\overbrace@{text@}} The @code{\overbrace} command generates a brace over text. @iftex eg. @tex $\overbrace{x+\cdots+x}^{k \rm\;times}$ @end tex @end iftex @item \overline @code{\overline@{text@}} The @code{\overline} command causes the argument text to be overlined. @iftex eg. @tex $\overline{x}$ @end tex @end iftex @item \sqrt @code{\sqrt[root]@{arg@}} The @code{\sqrt} command produces the square root of its argument. The optional argument, @code{root}, determines what root to produce, i.e., the cube root of @code{x+y} would be typed as @code{$\sqrt[3]@{x+y@}$}. @iftex eg. @tex $\sqrt{x-1}$ @end tex @end iftex @item \underbrace @code{\underbrace@{text@}} The @code{\underbrace} command generates text with a brace underneath. @iftex eg. @tex $\underbrace{x+y+z}_{>\,0}$ @end tex @end iftex @item \underline @code{\underline@{text@}} The @code{\underline} command causes the argument text to be underlined. This command can also be used in paragraph and LR modes. @iftex eg. @tex $\underline{z}$ @end tex @end iftex @item \vdots The @code{\vdots} command produces a vertical ellipsis. @iftex eg. @tex $\vdots$ @end tex @end iftex @end table @page @comment ************************* @comment ******* Modes *********** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Modes, Page Styles, Math Miscellany, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Modes @cindex Modes @cindex Paragraph mode @cindex Math mode @cindex Left-to-right mode @cindex LR mode @ifinfo When LaTeX is processing your input text, it is always in one of three modes: @end ifinfo @iftex When @LaTeX is processing your input text, it is always in one of three modes: @end iftex @itemize @bullet @item Paragraph mode @item Math mode @item Left-to-right mode, called LR mode for short @end itemize @ifinfo LaTeX changes mode only when it goes up or down a staircase to a different level, though not all level changes produce mode changes. Mode changes occur only when entering or leaving an environment, or when LaTeX is processing the argument of certain text-producing commands. "Paragraph mode" is the most common; it's the one LaTeX is in when processing ordinary text. In that mode, LaTeX breaks your text into lines and breaks the lines into pages. LaTeX is in "math mode" when it's generating a mathematical formula. In "LR mode", as in paragraph mode, LaTeX considers the output that it produces to be a string of words with spaces between them. However, unlike paragraph mode, LaTeX keeps going from left to right; it never starts a new line in LR mode. Even if you put a hundred words into an @code{\mbox}, LaTeX would keep typesetting them from left to right inside a single box, and then complain because the resulting box was too wide to fit on the line. LaTeX is in LR mode when it starts making a box with an @code{\mbox} command. You can get it to enter a different mode inside the box - for example, you can make it enter math mode to put a formula in the box. There are also several text-producing commands and environments for making a box that put LaTeX in paragraph mode. The box make by one of these commands or environments will be called a @code{parbox}. When LaTeX is in paragraph mode while making a box, it is said to be in "inner paragraph mode". Its normal paragraph mode, which it starts out in, is called "outer paragraph mode". @end ifinfo @iftex @LaTeX changes mode only when it goes up or down a staircase to a different level, though not all level changes produce mode changes. Mode changes occur only when entering or leaving an environment, or when @LaTeX is processing the argument of certain text-producing commands. "Paragraph mode" is the most common; it's the one @LaTeX is in when processing ordinary text. In that mode, @LaTeX breaks your text into lines and breaks the lines into pages. @LaTeX is in "math mode" when it's generating a mathematical formula. In "LR mode", as in paragraph mode, @LaTeX considers the output that it produces to be a string of words with spaces between them. However, unlike paragraph mode, @LaTeX keeps going from left to right; it never starts a new line in LR mode. Even if you put a hundred words into an @code{\mbox}, @LaTeX would keep typesetting them from left to right inside a single box, and then complain because the resulting box was too wide to fit on the line. @LaTeX is in LR mode when it starts making a box with an @code{\mbox} command. You can get it to enter a different mode inside the box - for example, you can make it enter math mode to put a formula in the box. There are also several text-producing commands and environments for making a box that put @LaTeX in paragraph mode. The box make by one of these commands or environments will be called a @code{parbox}. When @LaTeX is in paragraph mode while making a box, it is said to be in "inner paragraph mode". Its normal paragraph mode, which it starts out in, is called "outer paragraph mode". @end iftex @page @comment ************************* @comment ***** Page Styles ******* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Page Styles, \maketitle, Modes, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Page Styles @cindex Styles, pages @cindex Page styles The @code{\documentstyle} command determines the size and position of the page's head and foot. The page style determines what goes in them. @menu * \maketitle:: * \pagenumbering:: * \pagestyle:: * \thispagestyle:: @end menu @comment ****************** @comment ** \maketitle **** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \maketitle, \author, Page Styles, Page Styles @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \maketitle @cindex Title making @cindex \maketitle Style @code{\maketitle} The @code{\maketitle} command generates a title on a separate title page - except in the @code{article} style, where the title normally goes at the top of the first page. Information used to produce the title is obtained from the following declarations: @xref{Page Styles} for the commands to give the information. @menu * \author:: * \date:: * \thanks:: * \title:: @end menu @comment *********** @comment * \author * @comment *********** @comment LEVEL4 @node \author, \date, \maketitle, \maketitle @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \author @cindex Author, for titlepage @code{\author@{names@}} The @code{\author} command declares the author(s), where @code{names} is a list of authors separated by @code{\and} commands. Use @code{\\} to separate lines within a single author's entry -- for example, to give the author's institution or address. NOTE: The @code{milstd} and @code{book-form} styles have re-defined the @code{\maketitle} command. The @code{\title} declaration is the only command of those shown below that has any meaning. @comment *********** @comment ** \date ** @comment *********** @comment LEVEL4 @node \date, \thanks, \author, \maketitle @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \date @cindex Date, for titlepage @code{\date@{text@}} The @code{\date} command declares text to be the document's date. With no @code{\date} command, the current date is used. @comment *********** @comment * \thanks * @comment *********** @comment LEVEL4 @node \thanks, \title, \date, \maketitle @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \thanks @cindex Thanks, for titlepage @code{\thanks@{text@}} The @code{\thanks} command produces a @code{footnote} to the title. @comment *********** @comment * \title ** @comment *********** @comment LEVEL4 @node \title, \pagenumbering, \thanks, \maketitle @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \title @cindex Title, for titlepage @code{\title@{text@}} @ifinfo The @code{\title} command declares @code{text} to be the title. Use @code{\\} to tell LaTeX where to start a new line in a long title. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\title} command declares @code{text} to be the title. Use @code{\\} to tell @LaTeX where to start a new line in a long title. @end iftex @comment ****************** @comment * \pagenumbering * @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \pagenumbering, \pagestyle, \title, Page Styles @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \pagenumbering @cindex Pagenumbering @cindex Page Styles @code{\pagenumbering@{num_style@}} Specifies the style of page numbers. Possible values of @code{num_style} are: @itemize @bullet @item @code{arabic} - Arabic numerals @item @code{roman} - Lowercase roman numerals @item @code{Roman} - Uppercase roman numerals @item @code{alph} - Lowercase letters @item @code{Alph} - Uppercase letters @end itemize @comment ****************** @comment ** \pagestyle **** @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \pagestyle, \mark, \pagenumbering, Page Styles @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \pagestyle @code{\pagestyle@{option@}} @cindex Page Styles @cindex Page Styles, changing The @code{\pagestyle} command changes the style from the current page on throughout the remainder of your document. The valid options are: @itemize @bullet @item @code{plain} - Just a plain page number. @item @code{empty} - Produces empty heads and feet - no page numbers. @item @code{headings} - Puts running headings on each page. The document style specifies what goes in the headings. @item @code{myheadings} - You specify what is to go in the heading with the @code{\markboth} or the @code{\markright} commands. @end itemize @menu * \mark:: @end menu @comment *********** @comment ** \mark ** @comment *********** @comment LEVEL4 @node \mark, \thispagestyle, \pagestyle, \pagestyle @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \mark @example \markboth@{left head@}@{right head@} \markright@{right head@} @end example @ifinfo The @code{\markboth} and @code{\markright} commands are used in conjunction with the page style @code{myheadings} for setting either both or just the right heading. In addition to their use with the @code{myheadings} page style, you can use them to override the normal headings in the @code{headings} style, since LaTeX uses these same commands to generate those heads. You should note that a "left-hand heading" is generated by the last @code{\markboth} command before the end of the page, while a "right-hand heading" is generated by the first @code{\markboth} or @code{\markright} that comes on the page if there is one, otherwise by the last one before the page. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\markboth} and @code{\markright} commands are used in conjunction with the page style @code{myheadings} for setting either both or just the right heading. In addition to their use with the @code{myheadings} page style, you can use them to override the normal headings in the @code{headings} style, since @LaTeX uses these same commands to generate those heads. You should note that a "left-hand heading" is generated by the last @code{\markboth} command before the end of the page, while a "right-hand heading" is generated by the first @code{\markboth} or @code{\markright} that comes on the page if there is one, otherwise by the last one before the page. @end iftex @comment ****************** @comment * \thispagestyle * @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \thispagestyle, Sectioning, \mark, Page Styles @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \thispagestyle @code{\thispagestyle@{option@}} The @code{\thispagestyle} command works in the same manner as the @code{\pagestyle} command except that it changes the style for the current page only. @page @comment ************************* @comment ***** Sectioning ******** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Sectioning, \appendix, \thispagestyle, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Sectioning @cindex Sectioning @cindex chapter, Sectioning @cindex subsubsection, Sectioning @cindex subsection, Sectioning @cindex paragraph, Sectioning @cindex subparagraph, Sectioning @cindex subsubparagraph, Sectioning @cindex subsubsubparagraph, Sectioning Sectioning commands provide the means to structure your text into units. @itemize @bullet @item @code{\part} @item @code{\chapter} (report style only) @item @code{\section} @item @code{\subsection} @item @code{\subsubsection} @item @code{\paragraph} @item @code{\subparagraph} @item @code{\subsubparagraph} (milstd and book-form styles only) @item @code{\subsubsubparagraph} (milstd and book-form styles only) @end itemize All sectioning commands take the same general form, i.e., @code{\chapter[optional]@{title@}} In addition to providing the heading in the text, the mandatory argument of the sectioning command can appear in two other places: @enumerate @item The table of contents @item The running head at the top of the page @end enumerate You may not want the same thing to appear in these other two places as appears in the text heading. To handle this situation, the sectioning commands have an @code{optional} argument that provides the text for these other two purposes. The "sectioning commands" have @code{*-forms} that print a @code{title}, but do not include a number and do not make an entry in the table of contents. For example, the @code{*-form} of the @code{\subsection} command could look like: @code{\subsection*@{Example subsection@}} @menu * \appendix:: @end menu @comment *************** @comment ** \appendix ** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \appendix, Spaces & Boxes, Sectioning, Sectioning @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \appendix @cindex Appendix, creating @code{\appendix} The @code{\appendix} command changes the way sectional units are numbered. The @code{\appendix} command generates no text and does not affect the numbering or parts. @page @comment ************************* @comment **** Spaces & Boxes ***** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Spaces & Boxes, \addvspace, \appendix, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Spaces & Boxes @cindex Spaces & Boxes @menu * \addvspace:: * \bigskip:: * \dotfill:: * \fbox:: * \framebox:: * \hfill:: * \hrulefill:: * \hspace:: * \makebox:: * \mbox:: * \medskip:: * \newsavebox:: * \parbox:: * \raisebox:: * \rule:: * \savebox:: * \smallskip:: * \usebox:: * \vfill:: * \vspace:: @end menu @comment **************** @comment ** \addvspace ** @comment **************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \addvspace, \bigskip, Spaces & Boxes, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \addvspace @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\addvspace@{length@}} The @code{\addvspace} command normally adds a vertical space of height length. However, if vertical space has already been added to the same point in the output by a previous @code{\addvspace} command, then this command will not add more space than needed to make the natural length of the total vertical space equal to @code{length}. @comment *************** @comment ** \bigskip *** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \bigskip, \dotfill, \addvspace, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \bigskip @cindex Spaces & Boxes The @code{\bigskip} command is equivalent to @code{\vspace@{bigskipamount@}} where @code{bigskipamount} is determined by the document style. @comment *************** @comment ** \dotfill *** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \dotfill, \fbox, \bigskip, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \dotfill @cindex Spaces & Boxes The @code{\dotfill} command produces a "rubber length" that produces dots instead of just spaces. @comment *************** @comment ** \fbox ****** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \fbox, \framebox, \dotfill, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \fbox @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\fbox@{text@}} The @code{\fbox} command is exactly the same as the @code{\mbox} command, except that it puts a frame around the outside of the box that it creates. @comment *************** @comment ** \framebox ** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \framebox, \hfill, \fbox, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \framebox @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\framebox[width][position]@{text@}} The @code{\framebox} command is exactly the same as the @code{\makebox} command, except that it puts a frame around the outside of the box that it creates. The framebox command produces a rule of thickness @code{\fboxrule}, and leaves a space @code{\fboxsep} between the rule and the contents of the box. @comment *************** @comment ** \hfill ***** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \hfill, \hrulefill, \framebox, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \hfill @cindex Spaces & Boxes The @code{\hfill} fill command produces a "rubber length" which can stretch or shrink horizontally. It will be filled with spaces. @comment **************** @comment ** \hrulefill ** @comment **************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \hrulefill, \hspace, \hfill, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \hrulespace @cindex Spaces & Boxes The @code{\hrulefill} fill command produces a "rubber length" which can stretch or shrink horizontally. It will be filled with a horizontal rule. @comment *************** @comment ** \hspace **** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \hspace, \makebox, \hrulefill, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \hspace @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\hspace[*]@{length@}} @ifinfo The @code{\hspace} command adds horizontal space. The length of the space can be expressed in any terms that LaTeX understands, i.e., points, inches, etc. You can add negative as well as positive space with an @code{\hspace} command. Adding negative space is like backspacing. LaTeX removes horizontal space that comes at the end of a line. If you don't want LaTeX to remove this space, include the optional @code{*} argument. Then the space is never removed. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\hspace} command adds horizontal space. The length of the space can be expressed in any terms that @LaTeX understands, i.e., points, inches, etc. You can add negative as well as positive space with an @code{\hspace} command. Adding negative space is like backspacing. @LaTeX removes horizontal space that comes at the end of a line. If you don't want @LaTeX to remove this space, include the optional @code{*} argument. Then the space is never removed. @end iftex @comment ************** @comment ** \makebox ** @comment ************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \makebox, \mbox, \hspace, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \makebox @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\makebox[width][position]@{text@}} The @code{\makebox} command creates a box just wide enough to contain the @code{text} specified. The width of the box is specified by the optional @code{width} argument. The position of the text within the box is determined by the optional @code{position} argument. @itemize @bullet @item @code{c} - centered (default) @item @code{l} - flushleft @item @code{r} - flushright @end itemize @xref{\makebox (picture)}. @comment *************** @comment ** \mbox ****** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \mbox, \medskip, \makebox, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \mbox @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\mbox@{text@}} The @code{\mbox} command creates a box just wide enough to hold the text created by its argument. @comment *************** @comment ** \medskip *** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \medskip, \newsavebox, \mbox, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \medskip @cindex Spaces & Boxes The @code{\medskip} command is equivalent to @code{\vspace@{medskipamount@}} where @code{medskipamount} is determined by the document style. @comment **************** @comment ** \newsavebox * @comment **************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \newsavebox, \parbox, \medskip, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \newsavebox @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\newsavebox@{cmd@}} Declares @code{cmd}, which must be a command name that is not already defined, to be a bin for saving boxes. @comment *************** @comment ** \parbox **** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \parbox, \raisebox, \newsavebox, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \parbox @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\parbox[position]@{width@}@{text@}} A @code{parbox} is a box whose contents are created in @code{paragraph} mode. The @code{\parbox} has two mandatory arguments: @itemize @bullet @item @code{width} - specifies the width of the parbox, and @item @code{text} - the text that goes inside the parbox. @end itemize @ifinfo LaTeX will position a @code{parbox} so its center lines up with the center of the text line. An optional first argument, @code{position}, allows you to line up either the top or bottom line in the parbox. @end ifinfo @iftex @LaTeX will position a @code{parbox} so its center lines up with the center of the text line. An optional first argument, @code{position}, allows you to line up either the top or bottom line in the parbox. @end iftex A @code{\parbox} command is used for a parbox containing a small piece of text, with nothing fancy inside. In particular, you shouldn't use any of the paragraph-making environments inside a @code{\parbox} argument. For larger pieces of text, including ones containing a paragraph-making environment, you should use a @code{minipage} environment. @comment *************** @comment ** \raisebox ** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \raisebox, \rule, \parbox, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \raisebox @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\raisebox@{distance@}[extend-above][extend-below]@{text@}} The @code{\raisebox} command is used to raise or lower text. The first mandatory argument specifies how high the text is to be raised (or lowered if it is a negative amount). The text itself is processed in @code{LR mode}. @ifinfo Sometimes it's useful to make LaTeX think something has a different size than it really does - or a different size than LaTeX would normally think it has. The @code{\raisebox} command lets you tell LaTeX how tall it is. The first optional argument, @code{extend-above}, makes LaTeX think that the text extends above the line by the amount specified. The second optional argument, @code{extend-below}, makes LaTeX think that the text extends below the line by the amount specified. @end ifinfo @iftex Sometimes it's useful to make @LaTeX think something has a different size than it really does - or a different size than @LaTeX would normally think it has. The @code{\raisebox} command lets you tell @LaTeX how tall it is. The first optional argument, @code{extend-above}, makes @LaTeX think that the text extends above the line by the amount specified. The second optional argument, @code{extend-below}, makes @LaTeX think that the text extends below the line by the amount specified. @end iftex @comment *************** @comment ** \rule ****** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \rule, \savebox, \raisebox, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \rule @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\rule[raise-height]@{width@}@{thickness@}} The @code{\rule} command is used to produce horizontal lines. The arguments are defined as follows: @itemize @bullet @item @code{raise-height} - specifies how high to raise the rule (optional) @item @code{width} - specifies the length of the rule (mandatory) @item @code{thickness} - specifies the thickness of the rule (mandatory) @end itemize @comment *************** @comment ** \savebox *** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \savebox, \smallskip, \rule, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \savebox @cindex Spaces & Boxes @example \sbox@{cmd@}[text] \savebox@{cmd@}[width][pos]@{text@} @end example These commands typeset @code{text} in a box just as for @code{\mbox} or @code{\makebox}. However, instead of printing the resulting box, they save it in bin @code{cmd}, which must have been declared with @code{\newsavebox}. @comment **************** @comment ** \smallskip ** @comment **************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \smallskip, \usebox, \savebox, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \smallskip @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\smallskip} The @code{\smallskip} command is equivalent to @code{\vspace@{smallskipamount@}} where @code{smallskipamount} is determined by the document style. @comment *************** @comment ** \usebox **** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \usebox, \vfill, \smallskip, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \usebox @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\usebox@{cmd@}} Prints the box most recently saved in bin @code{cmd} by a @code{\savebox} command. @comment *************** @comment ** \vfill ***** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \vfill, \vspace, \usebox, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \vfill @cindex Spaces & Boxes The @code{\vfill} fill command produces a rubber length which can stretch or shrink vertically. @comment *************** @comment ** \vspace **** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \vspace, Special Characters, \vfill, Spaces & Boxes @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \vspace @cindex Spaces & Boxes @code{\vspace[*]@{length@}} @ifinfo The @code{\vspace} command adds vertical space. The length of the space can be expressed in any terms that LaTeX understands, i.e., points, inches, etc. You can add negative as well as positive space with an @code{\vspace} command. LaTeX removes vertical space that comes at the end of a page. If you don't want LaTeX to remove this space, include the optional @code{*} argument. Then the space is never removed. @end ifinfo @iftex The @code{\vspace} command adds vertical space. The length of the space can be expressed in any terms that @LaTeX understands, i.e., points, inches, etc. You can add negative as well as positive space with an @code{\vspace} command. @LaTeX removes vertical space that comes at the end of a page. If you don't want @LaTeX to remove this space, include the optional @code{*} argument. Then the space is never removed. @end iftex @page @comment ************************* @comment ** Special Characters *** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Special Characters, Splitting the Input, \vspace, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Special Characters @cindex Special Characters @cindex Characters, special @ifinfo The following characters play a special role in LaTeX and are called "special printing characters", or simply "special characters". @end ifinfo @iftex The following characters play a special role in @LaTeX and are called "special printing characters", or simply "special characters". @end iftex @example # $ % & ~ _ ^ \ @{ @} @end example Whenever you put one of these special characters into your file, you are doing something special. If you simply want the character to be printed just as any other letter, include a @code{\} in front of the character. For example, @code{\$} will produce @code{$} in your output. The exception to the rule is the @code{\} itself because @code{\\} has its own special meaning. A @code{\} is produced by typing @code{$\backslash$} in your file. @page @comment ************************* @comment ** Splitting the Input ** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Splitting the Input, \include, Special Characters, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Splitting the Input @cindex Splitting the input file @cindex Input file, splitting @ifinfo A large document requires a lot of input. Rather than putting the whole input in a single large file, it's more efficient to split it into several smaller ones. Regardless of how many separate files you use, there is one that is the root file; it is the one whose name you type when you run LaTeX. @end ifinfo @iftex A large document requires a lot of input. Rather than putting the whole input in a single large file, it's more efficient to split it into several smaller ones. Regardless of how many separate files you use, there is one that is the root file; it is the one whose name you type when you run @LaTeX. @end iftex @menu * \include:: * \includeonly:: * \input:: @end menu @comment *************** @comment ** \include *** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \include, \includeonly, Splitting the Input, Splitting the Input @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \include @code{\include@{file@}} The @code{\include} command is used in conjunction with the @code{\includeonly} command for selective inclusion of files. The @code{file} argument is the first name of a file, denoting @file{file.tex}. If @code{file} is one the file names in the file list of the @code{\includeonly} command or if there is no @code{\includeonly} command, the @code{\include} command is equivalent to @example \clearpage \input@{file@} \clearpage @end example except that if the file @file{file.tex} does not exist, then a warning message rather than an error is produced. If the file is not in the file list, the @code{\include} command is equivalent to @code{\clearpage}. The @code{\include} command may not appear in the preamble or in a file read by another @code{\include} command. @comment ******************* @comment ** \includeonly *** @comment ******************* @comment LEVEL3 @node \includeonly, \input, \include, Splitting the Input @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \includeonly @code{\includeonly@{file_list@}} The @code{\includeonly} command controls which files will be read in by an @code{\include} command. It can only appear in the preamble. @comment *************** @comment ** \input ***** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \input, Starting & Ending, \includeonly, Splitting the Input @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \input @code{\input@{file@}} The @code{\input} command causes the indicated @code{file} to be read and processed, exactly as if its contents had been inserted in the current file at that point. The file name may be a complete file name with extension or just a first name, in which case the file @file{file.tex} is used. @page @comment ************************* @comment *** Starting & Ending *** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Starting & Ending, Table of Contents, \input, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Starting & Ending @cindex Starting & Ending @cindex Ending & Starting Your input file must contain the following commands as a minimum... @example \documentstyle@{style@} \begin@{document@} ... your text goes here ... \end@{document@} @end example @ifinfo ...where the @code{style} selected is one the valid styles for LaTeX. @xref{Document Styles}, and also @pxref{Overview}, for details of the various document styles available locally. You may include other LaTeX commands between the @code{\documentstyle} and the @code{\begin@{document@}} commands. @end ifinfo @iftex ...where the @code{style} selected is one the valid styles for @LaTeX. @xref{Document Styles}, and also @pxref{Overview}, for details of the various document styles available locally. You may include other @LaTeX commands between the @code{\documentstyle} and the @code{\begin@{document@}} commands. @end iftex @page @comment ************************* @comment *** Table of Contents *** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Table of Contents, \addcontentsline, Starting & Ending, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Table of Contents @cindex Table of Contents, creating @ifinfo A table of contents is produced with the @code{\tableofcontents} command. You put the command right where you want the table of contents to go; LaTeX does the rest for you. It produces a heading, but it does not automatically start a new page. If you want a new page after the table of contents, include a @code{\newpage} command after the @code{\tableofcontents} command. @end ifinfo @iftex A table of contents is produced with the @code{\tableofcontents} command. You put the command right where you want the table of contents to go; @LaTeX does the rest for you. It produces a heading, but it does not automatically start a new page. If you want a new page after the table of contents, include a @code{\newpage} command after the @code{\tableofcontents} command. @end iftex There are similar commands @code{\listoffigures} and @code{\listoftables} for producing a list of figures and a list of tables, respectively. Everything works exactly the same as for the table of contents. NOTE: If you want any of these items to be generated, you cannot have the @code{\nofiles} command in your document. @menu * \addcontentsline:: * \addtocontents:: @end menu @comment ******************** @comment * \addcontentsline * @comment ******************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \addcontentsline, \addtocontents, Table of Contents, Table of Contents @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \addcontentsline @code{\addcontentsline@{file@}@{sec_unit@}@{entry@}} The @code{\addcontentsline} command adds an entry to the specified list or table where... @itemize @bullet @item @code{file} is the extension of the file on which information is to be written: @code{toc} (table of contents), @code{lof} (list of figures), or @code{lot} (list of tables). @item @code{sec_unit} controls the formatting of the entry. It should be one of the following, depending upon the value of the file argument: @enumerate @item @code{toc} - the name of the sectional unit, such as part or subsection. @item @code{lof} - figure @item @code{lot} - table @end enumerate @item @code{entry} is the text of the entry. @end itemize @comment ****************** @comment * \addtocontents * @comment ****************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \addtocontents, Terminal Input/Output, \addcontentsline, Table of Contents @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \addtocontents @code{\addtocontents@{file@}@{text@}} The @code{\addtocontents} command adds text (or formatting commands) directly to the file that generates the table of contents or list of figures or tables. @itemize @bullet @item @code{file} is the extension of the file on which information is to be written: @code{toc} (table of contents), @code{lof} (list of figures), or @code{lot} (list of tables). @item @code{text} is the information to be written. @end itemize @page @comment ************************* @comment * Terminal Input/Output * @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Terminal Input/Output, \typeout, \addtocontents, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Terminal Input/Output @cindex Input/Output @cindex Terminal Input/Output @menu * \typeout:: * \typein:: @end menu @comment ************** @comment * \typeout *** @comment ************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \typeout, \typein, Terminal Input/Output, Terminal Input/Output @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \typeout @code{\typeout@{msg@}} Prints @code{msg} on the terminal and in the @code{log} file. Commands in @code{msg} that are defined with @code{\newcommand} or @code{\renewcommand} are replaced by their definitions before being printed. @ifinfo LaTeX's usual rules for treating multiple spaces as a single space and ignoring spaces after a command name apply to @code{msg}. A @code{\space} command in @code{msg} causes a single space to be printed. @end ifinfo @iftex @LaTeX's usual rules for treating multiple spaces as a single space and ignoring spaces after a command name apply to @code{msg}. A @code{\space} command in @code{msg} causes a single space to be printed. @end iftex @comment ************** @comment * \typein **** @comment ************** @comment LEVEL3 @node \typein, Typefaces, \typeout, Terminal Input/Output @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \typein @code{\typein[cmd]@{msg@}} @ifinfo Prints @code{msg} on the terminal and causes LaTeX to stop and wait for you to type a line of input, ending with return. If the @code{cmd} argument is missing, the typed input is processed as if it had been included in the input file in place of the @code{\typein} command. If the @code{cmd} argument is present, it must be a command name. This command name is then defined or redefined to be the typed input. @end ifinfo @iftex Prints @code{msg} on the terminal and causes @LaTeX to stop and wait for you to type a line of input, ending with return. If the @code{cmd} argument is missing, the typed input is processed as if it had been included in the input file in place of the @code{\typein} command. If the @code{cmd} argument is present, it must be a command name. This command name is then defined or redefined to be the typed input. @end iftex @page @comment ************************* @comment ***** Typefaces ********* @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node Typefaces, Styles, \typein, Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Typefaces @cindex Typefaces @cindex Fonts The @code{typeface} is specified by giving the "size" and "style". A typeface is also called a "font". @menu * Styles:: * Sizes:: @end menu @comment ************** @comment ** Styles **** @comment ************** @comment LEVEL3 @node Styles, Sizes, Typefaces, Typefaces @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \Styles @cindex Font Styles @cindex Typeface Styles @cindex Styles of text @ifinfo The following type style commands are supported by LaTeX. @end ifinfo @iftex The following type style commands are supported by @LaTeX. @end iftex @table @code @item \rm Roman. @item \it Italics. @item \em Emphasis (toggles between \it and \rm). @item \bf Boldface. @item \sl Slanted. @item \sf Sans serif. @item \sc Small caps. @item \tt Typewriter. @end table @comment ************** @comment ** Sizes ***** @comment ************** @comment LEVEL3 @node Sizes, Parameters, Styles, Typefaces @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Sizes @cindex Font Sizes @cindex Typeface Sizes @cindex Sizes of text @ifinfo The following type size commands are supported by LaTeX. @end ifinfo @iftex The following type size commands are supported by @LaTeX. @end iftex @table @code @item \tiny @item \scriptsize @item \footnotesize @item \small @item \normalsize (default) @item \large @item \Large (capital "l") @item \LARGE (all caps) @item \huge @item \Huge (capital "h") @end table @page @comment **************************************** @comment ************* PARAMETERS *************** @comment **************************************** @comment LEVEL1 @node Parameters, List of Commands, Sizes, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter Parameters @ifinfo The input file specification indicates the file to be formatted; TeX uses @file{.tex} as a default file extension. If you omit the input file entirely, TeX accepts input from the terminal. You specify command options by supplying a string as a parameter to the command. eg. @code{latex "\scrollmode\input foo.tex"} ...will process @file{foo.tex} without pausing after every error. Output files are always created in the current directory. When you fail to specify an input file name, TeX bases the output names on the file specification associated with the logical name TEX_OUTPUT, typically @code{texput.log}. @end ifinfo @iftex The input file specification indicates the file to be formatted; @TeX@ uses @file{.tex} as a default file extension. If you omit the input file entirely, @TeX@ accepts input from the terminal. You specify command options by supplying a string as a parameter to the command. eg. @code{latex "\scrollmode\input foo.tex"} ...will process @file{foo.tex} without pausing after every error. Output files are always created in the current directory. When you fail to specify an input file name, @TeX@ bases the output names on the file specification associated with the logical name TEX_OUTPUT, typically @code{texput.log}. @end iftex @page @comment ************************* @comment *** List of Commands **** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL2 @node List of Commands, Index, Parameters, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Alphabetical List of Commands @menu * _{exp} (subscript):: * ^{exp} (superscript):: * \\:: * \- (hyphenation):: * \;:: * \COLON:: * \COMMA:: * \!:: * \=:: * \>:: * \<:: * \+:: * \- (tabbing):: * \A:: * \`:: * \addcontentsline:: * \addtocontents:: * \addtocounter:: * \address:: * \addtolength:: * \addvspace:: * \alph:: * \appendix:: * \arabic:: * array:: * \author:: * \bf:: * \bibitem:: * \bigskip:: * \cdots:: * center:: * \centering:: * \circle:: * \cite:: * \cleardoublepage:: * \clearpage:: * \cline:: * \closing:: * \dashbox:: * \date:: * \ddots:: * description:: * \dotfill:: * \em:: * enumerate:: * eqnarray:: * equation:: * figure:: * \fbox:: * \flushbottom:: * flushleft:: * flushright:: * \fnsymbol:: * \footnote:: * \footnotemark:: * \footnotesize:: * \footnotetext:: * \frac:: * \frame:: * \framebox:: * \hfill:: * \hline:: * \hrulefill:: * \hspace:: * \huge:: * \Huge (capital "h"):: * \hyphenation:: * \include:: * \includeonly:: * \indent:: * \input:: * \it:: * itemize:: * \kill:: * \label:: * \large:: * \Large (capital "l"):: * \LARGE (all caps):: * \ldots:: * \line:: * \linebreak:: * \linethickness:: * list:: * \location:: * \makebox:: * \maketitle:: * \mark:: * \mbox:: * \medskip:: * minipage:: * \multicolumn:: * \multiput:: * \newcommand:: * \newcounter:: * \newenvironment:: * \newfont:: * \newlength:: * \newline:: * \newpage:: * \newsavebox:: * \newtheorem:: * \nocite:: * \noindent:: * \nolinebreak:: * \normalsize:: * \nopagebreak:: * \onecolumn:: * \opening:: * \oval:: * \overbrace:: * \overline:: * \pagebreak:: * \pagenumbering:: * \pageref:: * \pagestyle:: * \par:: * \parbox:: * picture:: * \put:: * quotation:: * quote:: * \raggedbottom:: * \raggedleft:: * \raggedright:: * \raisebox:: * \ref:: * \rm:: * \roman:: * \rule:: * \savebox:: * \sc:: * \scriptsize:: * \setcounter:: * \setlength:: * \settowidth:: * \sf:: * \shortstack:: * \signature:: * \sl:: * \small:: * \smallskip:: * \sqrt:: * tabbing:: * table:: * tabular:: * \telephone:: * \thanks:: * thebibliography:: * theorem:: * \thispagestyle:: * \tiny:: * \title:: * titlepage:: * \tt:: * \twocolumn:: * \typeout:: * \typein:: * \underbrace:: * \underline:: * \usebox:: * \usecounter:: * \value:: * \vdots:: * \vector:: * \verb:: * verbatim:: * verse:: * \vfill:: * \vline:: * \vspace:: @end menu @comment ************************ @comment ** _{exp} (subscript) ** @comment ************************ @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node _{exp} (subscript), ^{exp} (superscript), , List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection _@{exp@} (subscript) To get an expression @code{exp} to appear as a subscript, you just type @code{_@{exp@}}. Use in math mode. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Subscripts & Superscripts}. @comment *************************** @comment ** ^{exp} (superscript) ** @comment *************************** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node ^{exp} (superscript), \;, _{exp} (subscript), List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection ^@{exp@} (superscript) To get an expression @code{exp} to appear as a superscript, you just type @code{^@{exp@}}. Use in math mode. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Subscripts & Superscripts}. @comment ******** @comment ** \; ** @comment ******** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \;, \COLON, ^{exp} (superscript), List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \; Include a thick space in math mode. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Spacing in Math Mode}. @comment ************ @comment ** \COLON ** @comment ************ @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \COLON, \COMMA, \;, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \: Include a medium space in math mode. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Spacing in Math Mode}. @comment ************ @comment ** \COMMA ** @comment ************ @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \COMMA, \!, \COLON, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \, Include a thin space in math mode. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Spacing in Math Mode}. @comment ******** @comment ** \! ** @comment ******** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \!, \bf, \COMMA, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \! Include a negative thin space in math mode. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Spacing in Math Mode}. @comment ********** @comment ** \bf *** @comment ********** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \bf, \cdots, \!, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \bf Boldface typeface. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Styles}. @comment ************* @comment ** \cdots *** @comment ************* @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \cdots, \ddots, \bf, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \cdots The @code{\cdots} command produces a horizontal ellipsis where the dots are raised to the center of the line. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Math Miscellany}. @comment ************* @comment ** \ddots *** @comment ************* @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \ddots, \em, \cdots, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \ddots The @code{\ddots} command produces a diagonal ellipsis. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Math Miscellany}. @comment ********** @comment ** \em *** @comment ********** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \em, \footnotesize, \ddots, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \em Emphasis (toggles between @code{\it} and @code{\rm}). @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Styles}. @comment ******************* @comment ** \footnotesize ** @comment ******************* @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \footnotesize, \frac, \em, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \footnotesize Third smallest of 10 typefaces available. This is the default size for footnotes. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Sizes}. @comment ************ @comment ** \frac *** @comment ************ @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \frac, \huge, \footnotesize, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \frac @code{\frac@{num@}@{den@}} The @code{\frac} command produces the fraction @code{num} divided by @code{den}. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Math Miscellany}. @comment ************ @comment ** \huge *** @comment ************ @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \huge, \Huge (capital "h"), \frac, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \huge Second largest of 10 typefaces available. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Sizes}. @comment ************************* @comment ** \Huge (capital "h") ** @comment ************************* @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \Huge (capital "h"), \it, \huge, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \Huge Largest of 10 typefaces available. All fonts may not be available in this size. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Sizes}. @comment ********** @comment ** \it *** @comment ********** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \it, \large, \Huge (capital "h"), List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \it Italics typeface. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Styles}. @comment ************* @comment ** \large *** @comment ************* @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \large, \Large (capital "l"), \it, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \large Slightly larger than default typeface size. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Sizes}. @comment ************************** @comment ** \Large (capital "l") ** @comment ************************** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \Large (capital "l"), \LARGE (all caps), \large, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \Large Fourth largest of typefaces available. Is generally the default for titles. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Sizes}. @comment *********************** @comment ** \LARGE (all caps) ** @comment *********************** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \LARGE (all caps), \ldots, \Large (capital "l"), List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \LARGE Third largest of typefaces available. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Sizes}. @comment ************* @comment ** \ldots *** @comment ************* @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \ldots, \normalsize, \LARGE (all caps), List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \ldots The @code{\ldots} command produces an ellipsis. This command works in any mode, not just math mode. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Math Miscellany}. @comment ***************** @comment ** \normalsize ** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \normalsize, \overbrace, \ldots, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \normalsize The size of @code{\normalsize} is defined by as 10pt unless the 11pt or 12pt document style option is used. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Sizes}. @comment **************** @comment ** \overbrace ** @comment **************** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \overbrace, \overline, \normalsize, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \overbrace @code{\overbrace@{text@}} The @code{\overbrace} command generates a brace over text. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Math Miscellany}. @comment *************** @comment ** \overline ** @comment *************** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \overline, \rm, \overbrace, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \overline @code{\overline@{text@}} The @code{\overline} command causes the argument text to be overlined. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Math Miscellany}. @comment ********** @comment ** \rm *** @comment ********** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \rm, \sc, \overline, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \rm Roman typeface (default). @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Styles}. @comment ********** @comment ** \sc *** @comment ********** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \sc, \scriptsize, \rm, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \sc Small caps typeface. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Styles}. @comment ***************** @comment ** \scriptsize ** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \scriptsize, \sf, \sc, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \scriptsize Second smallest of 10 typefaces available. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Sizes}. @comment ********** @comment ** \sf *** @comment ********** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \sf, \sl, \scriptsize, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \sf Sans serif typeface. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Styles}. @comment ********** @comment ** \sl *** @comment ********** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \sl, \small, \sf, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \sl Slanted typeface. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Styles}. @comment ************* @comment ** \small *** @comment ************* @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \small, \sqrt, \sl, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \small Slightly smaller than default typeface size. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Sizes}. @comment ************ @comment ** \sqrt *** @comment ************ @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \sqrt, \tiny, \small, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \sqrt @code{\sqrt[root]@{arg@}} The @code{\sqrt} command produces the square root of its argument. The optional argument, @code{root}, determines what root to produce, i.e. the cube root of @code{x+y} would be typed as @code{$\sqrt[3]@{x+y@}$}. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Math Miscellany}. @comment ************ @comment ** \tiny *** @comment ************ @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \tiny, \tt, \sqrt, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \tiny Smallest of 10 typefaces available. All fonts may not be available in this size. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Sizes}. @comment ********** @comment ** \tt *** @comment ********** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \tt, \underbrace, \tiny, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \tt Typewriter typeface. @xref{Typefaces}. @xref{Styles}. @comment ***************** @comment ** \underbrace ** @comment ***************** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \underbrace, \underline, \tt, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \underbrace @code{\underbrace@{text@}} The @code{\underbrace} command generates text with a brace underneath. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Math Miscellany}. @comment **************** @comment ** \underline ** @comment **************** @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \underline, \vdots, \underbrace, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \underline @code{\underline@{text@}} The @code{\underline} command causes the argument text to be underlined. This command can also be used in paragraph and LR modes. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Math Miscellany}. @comment ************* @comment ** \vdots *** @comment ************* @comment LEVEL3 - commands @node \vdots, , \underline, List of Commands @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection \vdots The @code{\vdots} command produces a vertical ellipsis. @xref{Math Formulae}. @xref{Math Miscellany}. @comment ************* @comment ** \vector ** @comment ************* @page @comment *************************** @comment ******** INDEX ********* @comment *************************** @comment LEVEL1 @node Index, , List of Commands, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @unnumbered Index @printindex cp @contents @bye