.TH AMSTEX 1 "27 December 1992" "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 .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 .\"===================================================================== .SH NAME amstex \- structured text formatting and typesetting .SH SYNOPSIS .B amstex [ 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 \*(AX language is described in the book .IR "The Joy of \*(OX" . \*(AX 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 \*(AX 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 files. .PP For authors more familiar with \*(LX, an AMS-supported package called .I amsmath.sty is is available. .\"===================================================================== .SH FILES .TP .I amsguide.tex" Documentation for \*(AX, typesettable by \*(TX. .TP .I amfndoc.tex" Documentation for AMS fonts, typesettable by \*(TX. .\"===================================================================== .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR latex (1), .BR tex (1), .BR slitex (1). .br Michael Spivak, .IR "The Joy of \*(OX" , 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN 0-8218-2997-1.