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Introduction or Why I wrote this book N the fallof 1997 a dedicated troff user e-rnalled me the macros he used to typeset his books. 1took one look inside his fileand thought, ""I can do I this;It'sjustcode. "" Asan experiment1spent aweekand wrote a Cprogram and troff macros which formatted and typeset a membership directory for a scholarly society with approximately 2,000 members. When 1 was done, I could enter two commands, and my program and troff would convert raw membershipdata into 200 pages ofPostScriptin 35 seconds. Previously, it had taken me several days to prepare camera-readycopy for the directory using a word processor. For completeness 1sat down and tried to write 1EXmacros for the typesetting. 1failed. Although ninety-five percent of my macros worked, I was unable to prepare the columns the project required. As my frustration grew, 1began this book-mentally, in myhead-as an answer to the question, ""Why is 'lEX so hard to learn?"" Why use Tgx? Lest you accuse me of the old horse and cart problem, 1should address the question, ""Why use 1EX at all?"" before 1explain why 'lEX is hard. Iuse 'lEXfor the followingreasons. Itisstable, fast, free, and it uses ASCII. Ofcourse, the most important reason is: 'lEX does a fantastic job. Bystable, I mean it is not likely to change in the next 10 years (much less the next one or two), and it is free of bugs. Both ofthese are important.

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Author:   David Bausum
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9781461353157

ISBN 10:   1461353157
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   24 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Families and Primitive Control Sequences.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 The Box Family.- 1.3 The Character Family.- 1.4 The Debugging Family.- 1.5 The File I/O Family.- 1.6 The Fonts Family.- 1.7 The Glue Family.- 1.8 The Hyphenation Family.- 1.9 The Inserts Family.- 1.10 The Job Family.- 1.11 The Kern Family.- 1.12 The Logic Family.- 1.13 The Macro Family.- 1.14 The Marks Family.- 1.15 The Math Family.- 1.16 The Page Family.- 1.17 The Paragraph Family.- 1.18 The Penalties Family.- 1.19 The Registers Family.- 1.20 The Tables Family.- 2. Reference Pages for the Primitives.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The References Pages.- Appendix A. Typesetting Verbatim Material.- A.l Introduction.- A.2 In-line Verbatim.- A.3 Multi-line Verbatim.- A.4 Limitations to Typesetting Verbatim Material.- A. 5 Automatic Line Numbering and Verbatim.- Appendix B. Working with PostScript Fonts.- B.l Introduction.- B.2 Back-end Font Macros.- B.3 Font File Names and Encoding Vectors.- B.4 Preparing Font Tables.- Appendix C. Typesetting Material in Two Columns.- G.l Introduction.- G.2 Two-Column Macros.- G.3 Index Preparation.

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This is a good reference for people who have a bit of plain TeX under their belts, as the examples mix primitives and plain rather freelyIt is worth having in your reference library, particularly if you use plainTeX, or have to delve into TeX's innards for any reason. (Stephen Moye, American Mathematical Society)

This is a good reference for people who have a bit of plain TeX under their belts, as the examples mix primitives and plain rather freelyIt is worth having in your reference library, particularly if you use plainTeX, or have to delve into TeX's innards for any reason. (Stephen Moye, American Mathematical Society)

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