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+\title{\LamSTeX{} Goes Public}
+\LamSTeX{}, version 2.0, is now public domain software. I am hoping that it
+will be placed in various archives, and that TUG and others will distribute~%
+it.
+
+For questions about \LamSTeX{}, I may be contacted via email:
+{\tt spivak@math15.rice.edu}
+
+For those unfamiliar with \LamSTeX{}, {\it vis a vis} \LaTeX, here are some
+salient points:
+\bitem \LamSTeX{} is not $\cal AMS$-\LaTeX!
+\bitem \LamSTeX{} is an extension of \AmSTeX, and thus almost completely
+compatible with plain \TeX\ (an additional file, {\tt pcompat.tex}, provides
+complete compatibility, by overriding certain changes made in \AmSTeX).
+
+\bitem \LamSTeX{} provides essentially the same functionality as \LaTeX, although
+the syntax is usually more concise.
+
+\bitem \LamSTeX{} also provides this functionality in a much more flexible form; all
+automatic numbering schemes can easily be modified for special
+circumstances (many illustrations of the importance of this flexibility are
+given in the \LamSTeX\ Manual).
+
+\bitem \LamSTeX{} can now interface with \BibTeX.
+
+\bitem \LamSTeX{} provides many additional fcatures, only a few of which can be
+indicated here:
+
+\itemitem{(1)}Of particular interest are complicated commutative diagrams --
+at least as professional-looking as those that appear in journals -- and
+partitioned matrices.
+
+\itemitem{(2)}The table macros generally provide much more professional
+looking tables than other packages, because of the close attention to struts,
+because of simple methods of extending lines between rows when needed, etc.
+
+\itemitem{(3)}\LamSTeX{} has an extensive set of commands for automatic
+placement of figures and tables.
+
+\bitem Many \LaTeX\ difficulties just now being addressed have simply never existed
+in \LamSTeX{}. For example, there are no such things as `fragile' commands in
+\LamSTeX{}, and no worries about long |\write|'s and undesired expansions in
+|\write|'s to auxiliary files (like the |.toc| file). Arbitrarily long literal
+mode material can split across pages.
+
+\bitem The \LamSTeX{}{\it Wizard's Manual\/} provides {\sc extensive}
+documention; it explains in complete detail the reasons for every single
+device in the code.
+
+\bitem The \LamSTeX{} {\it Style File Designer's Manual\/} provides
+documentation for designing style files; it is essentially an extract from
+the {\it Wizard's Manual}, covering just those topics that might be needed by
+style designers.
+
+\bitem Writing the {\it Wizard's Manual\/} afforded me the opportunity to
+completely rewrite \LamSTeX{}. Version 2.0 has many small bug fixes, important
+extensions, and more efficient code. In addition, the code is much more
+modular, allowing changes for different style files to be made much more
+easily.
+
+\bitem I will support \LamSTeX{} not only with bug fixes, but with extensions that
+seem reasonable and desirable.
+
+The 300 page spiral bound \LamSTeX{} Manual, {\it \LamSTeX, The Synthesis},
+is \$30.00 (includes shipping).
+
+The 600 page {\it Wizard's Manual\/}, presumably of extremely
+limited interest, is printed on demand. It is distributed in the form of
+approximately 300 3-hole punched pages, printed (on both sides) by laser
+printer. It is \$40.00, including shipping. (A free copy may be requested
+with every order of 15 or more \LamSTeX{} Manual.)
+
+The {\it Style File Designer's Manual\/} is not yet complete. It will
+probably be about 200 pages, spiral bound like the \LamSTeX{} Manual, and
+sold at a bargain price (perhaps \$10.00, including shipping).
+
+All manuals may be purchased through \TeX plorators.
+\author{Mike Spivak}
+% 3701 W Alabama, Suite 450-273, Houston, TX 77027
+