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+.TH LATEX 1 "29 March 1999" "Web2C @VERSION@"
+.\"=====================================================================
+.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
+.\"=====================================================================
+.SH NAME
+latex, elatex, lambda, pdflatex \- structured text formatting and typesetting
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B latex
+[ first line ]
+.\"=====================================================================
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
+documentation for this version of \*(TX can be found in the info file
+or manual
+.IR "Web2C: A TeX implementation" .
+.PP
+The \*(LX language is described in the book
+.IR "\*(LX \- A Document Preparation System" .
+\*(LX 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 \*(LX macros encourage writers to think about the content of their
+documents, rather than the form. The ideal, very difficult to realize, 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
+The primary source of documentation for \*(LX is the \*(LX manual
+referenced below, and the local guide in the file
+.I local-guide.tex
+or
+.I local.tex
+or some such.
+.PP
+.B elatex
+is the e-\*(TX extended mode version of \*(LX format.
+.PP
+.B lambda
+is the Omega version of the \*(LX format.
+.PP
+.B pdflatex
+is the pdf\*(TX version of the \*(LX format.
+.PP
+On some systems
+.B latex209
+and
+.B slitex
+are available for compatibility with older versions of \*(LX. These
+should not be used for new texts.
+.\"=====================================================================
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR amslatex (1),
+.BR amstex (1),
+.BR tex (1),
+.br
+Leslie Lamport,
+.IR "\*(LX \- A Document Preparation System" ,
+Addison-Wesley, 1985, ISBN 0-201-15790-X.