amslatex(1)
NAME
amslatex - structured text formatting and typesetting
SYNOPSIS
amslatex [ first line ]
DESCRIPTION
AmSLaTeX is an extension of LaTeX (see LaTeX - A Document
Preparation System) that provides the powerful mathemati
cal typesetting macros of AmSTeX (see The Joy of TeX)
within the syntax of LaTeX. It should be contrasted with
LAmS-TeX (lamstex(1)), which extends AmSTeX with LaTeXlike features.
AmSLaTeX documents can be processed by latex(1), so a sep
arate executable program named amslatex is not usually
provided.
AmSLaTeX is a TeX macro package, not a modification to the
TeX source program, so all the capabilities described in
tex(1) are present.
The AmSLaTeX 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 com
mands (like ``switch to italic'' or ``skip 2 picas'') in
the document at all; instead, everything is done by spe
cific markup instructions: ``emphasize'', ``start a sec
tion''.
AmSTeX is the official typesetting system of the American
Mathematical Society, and nearly all of its publications
are typeset using AmSTeX. The online version of AMS Math
Reviews uses AmSTeX input syntax for display of mathemati
cal material. AMS authors can provide editors with com
puter-readable AmSTeX or AmSLaTeX files.
AmSLaTeX will become deprecated in favor of LaTeX 2e, when
the latter is released.
FILES
- /usr/local/teTeX/texmf/doc/latex/amslatex/amsldoc.dvi
- Documentation for AmSLaTeX, typesettable by
LaTeX. This supersedes The Joy of TeX, but AmSLaTeX users may still find that book a
convenient supplement.
SEE ALSO
- amstex(1), lamstex(1), latex(1), tex(1), slitex(1).
Leslie Lamport, LaTeX - A Document Preparation System,
Addison-Wesley, 1985, ISBN 0-201-15790-X.
Michael Spivak, The Joy of TeX, 2nd edition, Addison-Wes ley, 1990, ISBN 0-8218-2997-1.