TeX/TeX for the Impatient
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< TeX
- Syntactic conventions[2]
- Descriptions of the commands[3]
- Using TeX[2][7]
- Turning input into ink[7]
- Programs and files you need[7]
- Running TeX[9]
- Preparing an input file[10]
- Commands and control sequences[10]
- Arguments[11]
- Parameters[12]
- Spaces[12]
- Comments[13]
- Punctuation[13]
- Special characters[15]
- Groups[15]
- Math formulas[16]
- How TeX works[16]
- New TeX versus old TeX[18]
- Resources[18]
- Examples[3][21]
- Entering simple text[22]
- Indentation[24]
- Fonts and special characters[26]
- Interline spacing[28]
- Spacing, rules, and boxes[30]
- Odds and ends[32]
- Using fonts from other sources[34]
- A ruled table[36]
- Typesetting mathematics[38]
- More mathematics[40]
- Concepts[4][43]
- Commands for composing paragraphs[5][97]
- Characters and accents[97]
- Letters and ligatures for European alphabets[97]
- Special symbols[98]
- Arbitrary characters[99]
- Accents[100]
- Defeating boundary ligatures[101]
- Selecting fonts[102]
- Particular fonts[102]
- Type styles[103]
- Uppercase and lowercase[103]
- Interword spacing[104]
- Centering and justifying lines[108]
- Shaping paragraphs[110]
- Starting, ending, and indenting paragraphs[110]
- Shaping entire paragraphs[114]
- Line breaks[120]
- Encouraging or discouraging line breaks[120]
- Line breaking parameters[123]
- Hyphenation[126]
- Section headings, lists, and theorems[129]
- Commands for composing pages[6][133]
- Interline and interparagraph spaces[133]
- Page breaks[136]
- Encouraging or discouraging page breaks[136]
- Page breaking parameters[138]
- Page layout[140]
- Page description parameters[140]
- Page numbers[142]
- Header and footer lines[143]
- Marks[144]
- Insertions[145]
- Footnotes[145]
- General insertions[146]
- Modifying the output routine[148]
- Splitting vertical lists[149]
- Commands for horizontal and vertical modes[7][153]
- Producing space[153]
- Fixed-width horizontal space[153]
- Fixed-length vertical space[154]
- Variable-size space[155]
- Manipulating boxes[160]
- Constructing hboxes and vboxes[160]
- Setting and retrieving the contents of boxes[164]
- Shifting boxes[166]
- Dimensions of box registers[167]
- Struts, phantoms, and empty boxes[167]
- Parameters pertaining to malformed boxes[170]
- Retrieving the last item from a list[171]
- Rules and leaders[172]
- Alignments[176]
- Tabbing alignments[176]
- General alignments[178]
- Commands for composing math formulas[8][187]
- Simple parts of formulas[187]
- Greek letters[187]
- Miscellaneous ordinary math symbols[188]
- Binary operations[189]
- Relations[190]
- Left and right delimiters[191]
- Arrows[192]
- Named mathematical functions[193]
- Large operators[194]
- Punctuation[196]
- Superscripts and subscripts[197]
- Selecting and using styles[198]
- Compound symbols[199]
- Math accents[199]
- Fractions and other stacking operations[200]
- Dots[203]
- Delimiters[204]
- Matrices[205]
- Roots and radicals[206]
- Equation numbers[207]
- Multiline displays[208]
- Fonts in math formulas[209]
- Constructing math symbols[211]
- Making delimiters bigger[211]
- Parts of large symbols[211]
- Aligning parts of a formula[212]
- Aligning accents[212]
- Aligning material vertically[213]
- Producing spaces[214]
- Fixed-width math spaces[214]
- Variable-width math spaces[215]
- Spacing parameters for displays[216]
- Other spacing parameters for math[217]
- Categorizing math constructs[218]
- Special actions for math formulas[218]
- Commands for general operations[9][221]
- Naming and modifying fonts[221]
- Converting information to tokens[224]
- Numbers[224]
- Environmental information[224]
- Values of variables[226]
- Grouping[227]
- Macros[230]
- Defining macros[230]
- Other definitions[232]
- Controlling expansion[233]
- Conditional tests[235]
- Repeated actions[240]
- Doing nothing[241]
- Registers[242]
- Using registers[242]
- Naming and reserving registers, etc.[244]
- Doing arithmetic in registers[245]
- Ending the job[246]
- Input and output[247]
- Operations on input files[247]
- Operations on output files[249]
- Interpreting input characters[251]
- Controlling interaction with TeX [252]
- Diagnostic aids[253]
- Displaying internal data[253]
- Specifying what is traced[256]
- Sending messages[261]
- Initializing TeX [263]
- Tips and techniques[10][265]
- Correcting bad page breaks[265]
- Preserving the end of a page[267]
- Leaving space at the top of a page[267]
- Correcting bad line breaks[268]
- Correcting overfull or underfull boxes[268]
- Recovering lost interword spaces[270]
- Avoiding unwanted interword spaces[270]
- Avoiding excess space around a display[271]
- Avoiding excess space after a paragraph[271]
- Changing the paragraph shape[272]
- Putting paragraphs into a box[272]
- Drawing lines[273]
- Creating multiline headers or footers[274]
- Finding mismatched braces[275]
- Setting dimensions[276]
- Creating composite fonts[276]
- Reproducing text verbatim[277]
- Using outer macros[279]
- Changing category codes[280]
- Making macro files more readable[281]
- Making sense of error messages[11][283]
- A compendium of useful macros[12][291]
- Preliminaries[291]
- Displays[295]
- Time of day[297]
- Lists[298]
- Verbatim listing[300]
- Tables of contents[301]
- Cross-references[302]
- Environments[304]
- Justification[306]
- Tables[307]
- Footnotes[309]
- Double columns[309]
- Finishing up[311]