23 January 1994                                                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
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     System) that provides the powerful mathematical typesetting macros of
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     AmSTeX (see The Joy of TeX) within the syntax of LaTeX.  It should be
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     contrasted with LAmS-TeX (lamstex(1)), which extends AmSTeX with LaTeX-
     like features.

     AmSLaTeX documents can be processed by latex(1), so a separate execut-
     able 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 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''.

     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 mathematical material.  AMS authors can provide editors with
     computer-readable AmSTeX or AmSLaTeX files.

     AmSLaTeX will become deprecated in favor of LaTeX 2e, when the latter is
     released.

   FILES

     /usr/users/klee/NTex/web2c-
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                   6.1/lib/texmf/tex/ams/amslatex/doc/amslatex.tex
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                   Documentation for AmSLaTeX, typesettable by LaTeX.  This
                   supersedes The Joy of TeX, but AmSLaTeX users may still
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                   find that book a convenient supplement.

     /usr/users/klee/NTex/web2c-
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                   6.1/lib/texmf/tex/ams/amslatex/doc/testart.tex
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                   Sample  document illustrating the amsart document style.
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     /usr/users/klee/NTex/web2c-
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                   6.1/lib/texmf/tex/ams/amslatex/doc/testbook.tex
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                   Sample  document illustrating the amsbook document style.
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   AMSLATEX(1)                                                23 January 1994


   SEE ALSO
     amstex(1), lamstex(1), latex(1), tex(1), slitex(1).
     Leslie Lamport, LaTeX - A Document Preparation System, Addison-Wesley,
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     1985, ISBN 0-201-15790-X.
     Michael Spivak, The Joy of TeX, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN
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     0-8218-2997-1.