.TH LAMSTEX 1 "27 December 1992"
.\"=====================================================================
.if t .ds TX \fRT\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'E\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'X\fP
.if n .ds TX TeX
.ie t .ds OX \fIT\v'+0.25m'E\v'-0.25m'X\fP for troff
.el .ds OX TeX for nroff
.\" the same but obliqued
.\" BX definition must follow TX so BX can use TX
.if t .ds BX \fRB\s-2IB\s0\fP\*(TX
.if n .ds BX BibTeX
.\" LX definition must follow TX so LX can use TX
.if t .ds LX \fRL\\h'-0.36m'\\v'-0.15v'\s-2A\s0\\h'-0.15m'\\v'0.15v'\fP\*(TX
.if n .ds LX LaTeX
.if t .ds AX \fRA\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'M\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'S\fP\*(TX
.if n .ds AX AmSTeX
.if t .ds AY \fRA\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'M\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'S\fP\*(LX
.if n .ds AY AmSLaTeX
.if t .ds LZ \
\fRL\
\\h'-0.3m'\\v'-0.21v'\s-2A\s0\\v'0.21v'\
\\h'-0.15m'\\v'0.188v'M\\v'-0.188v'\
\\h'-0.125m'S\
\fP-\*(TX
.if n .ds LZ LAmS-TeX
.if t .ds OZ \
\fIL\
\\h'-0.3m'\\v'-0.21v'\s-2A\s0\\v'0.21v'\
\\h'-0.15m'\\v'0.188v'M\\v'-0.188v'\
\\h'-0.125m'S\
\fP-\*(OX
.if n .ds OZ LAmS-TeX
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.SH NAME
lamstex \- structured text formatting and typesetting
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lamstex
[ first-line ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The \*(LZ language is described in the book
.IR "\*(OZ: The Synthesis" .
\*(LZ is a new system that augments \*(AX with \*(LX-like features,
but retains the syntactical flavor of \*(AX.  It can be compared with
\*(AY, which augments \*(LX with \*(AX-like features.
.PP
\*(LZ 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 \*(LZ 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''.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR amslatex (1),
.BR amstex (1),
.BR latex (1),
.BR tex (1),
.BR slitex (1).
.br
Michael Spivak,
.IR "\*(OZ: The Synthesis" ,
The \*(TXplorators Corporation, 3701 W. Alabama, Suite 450-273,
Houston, TX 77027, USA, 1989.