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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/uestcthesis/doc/contents/original.tex b/macros/latex/contrib/uestcthesis/doc/contents/original.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f70bf82f9a --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/uestcthesis/doc/contents/original.tex @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +% !Mode:: "TeX:UTF-8" + +\chapter{The Name of the Game} +\section{xxx} +\subsection{xxx} +\subsubsection{xxxx} +\section{xxx} +\subsection{xxx} +\subsubsection{xxxx} +English words like `technology' stem from a Greek root beginning with +the letters $\tau\epsilon\chi\ldots\,$; and this same Greek word means {\sl +art\/} as well as technology. Hence the name \TeX, which is an +uppercase form of $\tau\epsilon\chi$.{TeX (actually \TeX), meaning of} +$\tau\epsilon\chi$ + +Insiders pronounce the $\chi$ of \TeX\ as a Greek chi, not as an `x', so that +\TeX\ rhymes with the word blecchhh. It's the `ch' sound in Scottish words +like {\sl loch\/} or German words like {\sl ach\/}; it's a Spanish `j' and a +Russian `kh'. When you say it correctly to your computer, the terminal +may become slightly moist. + +The purpose of this pronunciation exercise is to remind you that \TeX\ is +primarily concerned with high-quality technical manuscripts: Its emphasis is +on art and technology, as in the underlying Greek word. If you merely want +to produce a passably good document---something acceptable and basically +readable but not really beautiful---a simpler system will usually suffice. +With \TeX\ the goal is to produce the {\sl finest\/} quality; this requires +more attention to detail, but you will not find it much harder to go the +extra distance, and you'll be able to take special pride in the finished +product. + +On the other hand, it's important to notice another thing about \TeX's name: +The `E' is out of kilter. This {logo} +displaced `E' is a reminder that \TeX\ is about typesetting, and it +distinguishes \TeX\ from other system names. In fact, {TEX} (pronounced +{\sl tecks\/}) is the admirable {\sl Text EXecutive\/} processor developed by +{Honeywell Information Systems}. Since these two system names are +{Bemer, Robert, see TEX, ASCII} +pronounced quite differently, they should also be spelled differently. The +correct way to refer to \TeX\ in a computer file, or when using some other +medium that doesn't allow lowering of the `E', is to type `|TeX|'. Then +there will be no confusion with similar names, and people will be +primed to pronounce everything properly.
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