the same but obliqued
BX definition must follow TX so BX can use TX
LX definition must follow TX so LX can use TX
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This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of \*(TX can be found in the info file or manual "Web2C: A TeX implementation" .
The \*(LX language is described in the book "\*(LX - A Document Preparation System" . \*(LX is a \*(TX macro package, not a modification to the \*(TX source program, so all the capabilities described in tex (1) are present.
The \*(LX macros encourage writers to think about the content of their documents, rather than the form. The ideal, very difficult to realize, 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''.
The primary source of documentation for \*(LX is the \*(LX manual referenced below, and the local guide in the file local-guide.tex or local.tex or some such.
pdflatex , lualatex , and xelatex , are \*(LX formats based on the respective engines. All output PDF by default.
lambed is the Aleph-based \*(LX format (DVI output).
On some systems
latex209 and
slitex are available for compatibility with older versions of \*(LX. These
should not be used for new texts.
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Leslie Lamport, "\*(LX - A Document Preparation System" , Addison-Wesley, 1985, ISBN 020115790X.
Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris Rowley, "LaTeX Companion" , Addison-Wesley, 2004, ISBN 0201362996 (2nd edition).
The \*(LX home page is http://latex-project.org. A list of some \*(LX tutorials is at http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=man-latex. An unofficial reference manual for \*(LX is at http://home.gna.org/latexrefman.