AMSTEX(1)AMSTEX(1)NAMEamstex - structured text formatting and typesetting
SYNOPSISamstex [ first line ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The com-
plete documentation for this version of TeX can be found
in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.
The AmSTeX language is described in the book The Joy of
TeX. AmSTeX is a TeX macro package, not a modification to
the TeX source program, so all the capabilities described
in tex(1) are present.
The AmSTeX 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 files.
For authors more familiar with LaTeX, an AMS-supported
package called amsmath.sty is is available.
FILES
amsguide.tex"
Documentation for AmSTeX, typesettable by TeX.
amfndoc.tex"
Documentation for AMS fonts, typesettable by TeX.
SEE ALSOlatex(1), tex(1), slitex(1).
Michael Spivak, The Joy of TeX, 2nd edition, Addison-Wes-
ley, 1990, ISBN 0-8218-2997-1.
Web2C 7.4.5 27 December 1992 AMSTEX(1)
