.TH AMSLATEX 1 "23 January 1994"
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.SH NAME
amslatex \- structured text formatting and typesetting
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B amslatex
[ first-line ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
\*(AY is an extension of \*(LX (see
.IR "\*(LX \- A Document Preparation System" )
that provides the powerful mathematical typesetting macros of
\*(AX (see
.IR "The Joy of \*(OX" )
within the syntax of \*(LX.  It should be contrasted with
\*(LZ
.RB ( lamstex (1)),
which extends \*(AX with \*(LX-like features.
.PP
\*(AY documents can be processed
by
.BR latex (1),
so a separate executable program named
.B amslatex
is not usually provided.
.PP
\*(AY is a \*(TX macro package, not a modification to the \*(TX source
program, so all the capabilities described in
.BR tex (1)
are present.
.PP
The \*(AY macros encourage writers to think about the content of their
documents, rather than the form.  The ideal, not always realized, is to
have no formatting commands (like ``switch to italic'' or ``skip 2
picas'') in the document at all; instead, everything is done
by specific markup instructions: ``emphasize'', ``start a section''.
.PP
\*(AX is the official typesetting system of the American Mathematical
Society, and nearly all of its publications are typeset using \*(AX.  The
online version of AMS Math Reviews uses \*(AX input syntax for display of
mathematical material.  AMS authors can provide editors with
computer-readable \*(AX or \*(AY files.
.PP
\*(AY will become deprecated in favor of \*(LX 2e, when the latter is
released.
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.SH FILES
.TP \w'@@'u+2n
.I "@DEFAULT_TEXMF@/doc/ams/amslatex/amsldoc.tex"
Documentation for \*(AY, typesettable by \*(LX.
This supersedes
.IR "The Joy of \*(OX" ,
but \*(AY users may still find that book a convenient supplement.
.TP
.I "@TEXINPUTDIR@/doc/ams/amslatex/testart.tex"
Sample \*(LA document illustrating the
.I amsart
document style.
.TP
.I "@TEXINPUTDIR@/doc/ams/amslatex/testbook.tex"
Sample \*(LA document illustrating the
.I amsbook
document style.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR amstex (1),
.BR lamstex (1),
.BR latex (1),
.BR tex (1),
.BR slitex (1).
.br
Leslie Lamport,
.IR "\*(LX \- A Document Preparation System" ,
Addison-Wesley, 1985, ISBN 0-201-15790-X.
.br
Michael Spivak,
.IR "The Joy of \*(OX" ,
2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN 0-8218-2997-1.