AMSLATEX(1)                                                     AMSLATEX(1)
                               23 January 1994






 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 mathematical 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
      LaTeX-like features.


      AmSLaTeX documents can be processed by latex(1), so a separate
      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 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
      /opt/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-Wesley, 1990,
      ISBN 0-8218-2997-1.














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