Language: English
Pages: 284
Contents......Page 1
Origins......Page 10
2 How should I pronounce ``TeX''?......Page 11
5 Things with ``TeX'' in the name......Page 12
7 Are TeX and friends Y2K compliant?......Page 14
9 What is PDFTeX?......Page 15
14 How does LaTeX relate to Plain TeX?......Page 16
17 What is Eplain?......Page 17
19 What is Texinfo?......Page 18
22 Reading (La)TeX files......Page 19
24 TeX User Groups......Page 20
25 Books on TeX and its relations......Page 21
26 Books on Type......Page 23
28 How to get help......Page 24
30 How to ask a question......Page 25
31 How to make a ``minimum example''......Page 26
34 Online introductions: LaTeX......Page 27
35 Specialised (La)TeX tutorials......Page 28
38 Typography tutorials......Page 29
41 Documentation of packages......Page 30
42 Learning to write LaTeX classes and packages......Page 31
45 Where can I find the symbol for.........Page 32
49 What are PK files?......Page 33
52 What are (TeX) macros......Page 34
53 pecial commands......Page 35
56 Documented LaTeX sources (.dtx files)......Page 36
57 What are encodings?......Page 37
58 What are the EC fonts?......Page 38
60 What is ``Encapsulated PostScript'' (``EPS'')?......Page 39
62 What are ``resolutions''?......Page 40
64 Repositories of TeX material......Page 41
66 What is the CTAN nonfree tree?......Page 42
68 Finding (La)TeX files......Page 43
70 The TeX collection......Page 44
71 (La)TeX for different machines......Page 45
72 TeX-friendly editors and shells......Page 47
73 Commercial TeX implementations......Page 49
77 DVI previewers......Page 51
80 TeXCAD, a drawing package for LaTeX......Page 52
82 How many words have you written?......Page 53
84 WEB systems for various languages......Page 54
86 Conversion from SGML or HTML to TeX......Page 55
87 Conversion from (La)TeX to HTML......Page 56
88 Other conversions to and from (La)TeX......Page 57
90 Retrieving (La)TeX from DVI, etc.......Page 58
92 Installing things on a (La)TeX system......Page 59
95 Generating package documentation......Page 60
97 Which tree to use......Page 61
98 Where to install packages......Page 62
101 Installation using MiKTeX package manager......Page 63
103 ``Temporary'' installation of (La)TeX files......Page 64
104 ``Private'' installations of files......Page 65
106 Installing a font provided as Metafont source......Page 66
108 Installing the Bluesky versions of the CM fonts......Page 67
109 Preparing a Type 1 font......Page 68
111 Getting Metafont to do what you want......Page 69
113 Acquiring bitmap fonts......Page 71
114 Using PostScript fonts with TeX......Page 72
116 TeX font metric files for PostScript fonts......Page 73
118 Choice of scalable outline fonts......Page 74
119 Weird characters in dvips output......Page 79
120 Using non-standard fonts in Plain TeX......Page 80
121 Using the ``Concrete'' fonts......Page 81
122 Using the Latin Modern fonts......Page 82
124 Making Acrobat PDF documents from (La)TeX......Page 83
125 Quality of PDF from PostScript......Page 84
127 Fuzzy fonts because Ghostscript too old......Page 85
130 Finding `8-bit' Type 1 fonts......Page 86
131 Replacing Type 3 fonts in PostScript......Page 87
133 Searching PDF files......Page 88
134 How to import graphics into (La)TeX documents......Page 89
136 Imported graphics in PDFLaTeX......Page 90
137 Imported graphics in dvipdfm......Page 91
138 ``Modern'' graphics file names......Page 92
140 Portable imported graphics......Page 93
142 Limit the width of imported graphics......Page 94
144 Displaying MetaPost output in ghostscript......Page 95
145 Drawing with TeX......Page 96
147 Labelling graphics......Page 98
148 Creating a BibTeX bibliography file......Page 99
151 Accents in bibliographies......Page 100
153 BibTeX doesn't understand lists of names......Page 101
154 URLs in BibTeX bibliographies......Page 102
157 BibTeX sorting and name prefixes......Page 103
158 `Multi-letter' initials in BibTeX......Page 104
159 ``Normal'' use of BibTeX from LaTeX......Page 105
162 Multiple bibliographies?......Page 106
163 Putting bibliography entries in text......Page 108
165 Multiple citations......Page 109
168 Reducing spacing in the bibliography......Page 110
170 Non-english bibliographies......Page 111
171 Format of numbers in the bibliography......Page 112
174 Replacing the standard classes......Page 113
175 Producing slides......Page 114
176 Creating posters with LaTeX......Page 115
179 A `report' from lots of `article's......Page 116
181 Letters and the like......Page 117
183 The style of document titles......Page 118
185 Appendixes......Page 119
188 The style of captions......Page 121
190 Wide figures in two-column documents......Page 122
191 1-column abstract in 2-column document......Page 123
193 Balancing columns at the end of a document......Page 124
194 My section title is too wide for the page header......Page 125
197 The size of printed output......Page 126
199 Getting the right paper geometry from (La)TeX......Page 127
200 Changing the margins in LaTeX......Page 128
202 How to set up page layout ``by hand''......Page 129
204 How to get rid of page numbers......Page 130
205 pagestyle {empty} on first page in LaTeX......Page 131
208 Typesetting things in landscape orientation......Page 132
209 Putting things at fixed positions on the page......Page 133
210 Preventing page breaks between lines......Page 134
211 Parallel setting of text......Page 135
212 Typesetting epigraphs......Page 136
214 Changing the space between letters......Page 137
217 Including a file verbatim in LaTeX......Page 138
218 Including line numbers in typeset output......Page 139
219 Code listings in LaTeX......Page 140
220 Typesetting pseudocode in LaTeX......Page 141
221 Generating an index in (La)TeX......Page 142
223 Typesetting music in TeX......Page 143
224 Zero paragraph indent......Page 144
226 The comma as a decimal separator......Page 145
230 Printing the time......Page 146
232 The format of the Table of Contents, etc.......Page 147
234 Bibliography, index, etc., in TOC......Page 148
236 Multiple indexes......Page 149
237 Referring to things by their name......Page 151
238 Referring to labels in other documents......Page 152
240 Theorem bodies printed in a roman font......Page 153
242 Set specifications and Dirac brackets......Page 154
245 Ellipses......Page 155
246 Sub- and superscript positioning for operators......Page 156
247 Text inside maths......Page 157
249 Line-breaking in in-line maths......Page 158
251 Fancy enumeration lists......Page 159
252 How to adjust list spacing......Page 160
253 Interrupting enumerated lists......Page 162
254 The design of tables......Page 164
256 Variable-width columns in tables......Page 165
257 Spacing lines in tables......Page 166
258 Tables longer than a single page......Page 167
259 How to alter the alignment of tabular cells......Page 168
261 Flowing text around figures in LaTeX......Page 169
262 Diagonal separation in corner cells of tables......Page 170
264 Merging cells in a column of a table......Page 171
265 Floats on their own on float pages......Page 172
266 Extra vertical space in floats......Page 173
269 Floats in multicolumn setting......Page 174
271 Vertical layout of float pages......Page 175
273 Footnotes in tables......Page 176
274 Footnotes in LaTeX section headings......Page 177
276 Footnotes whose texts are identical......Page 178
277 More than one sequence of footnotes......Page 179
279 Not resetting footnote numbers per chapter......Page 180
280 What's the name of this file......Page 181
282 Marking changed parts of your document......Page 182
283 Conditional compilation and ``comments''......Page 183
285 Version control using RCS, CVS or the like......Page 186
286 Makefiles for LaTeX documents......Page 187
288 Including Plain TeX files in LaTeX......Page 188
290 Weird hyphenation of words......Page 189
293 Using a new language with Babel......Page 190
294 Stopping all hyphenation......Page 191
295 Preventing hyphenation of a particular word......Page 192
296 Hyphenation exceptions......Page 193
298 How to do bold-tt or bold-sc......Page 194
300 Using symbols......Page 195
301 Symbols for the number sets......Page 196
302 Better script fonts for maths......Page 197
304 The Principal Value Integral symbol......Page 198
307 Typesetting the Euro sign......Page 199
308 How to get copyright, trademark, etc.......Page 200
310 Non-letters in macro names......Page 201
312 Patching existing commands......Page 203
313 Comparing the ``job name''......Page 204
314 Is the argument a number?......Page 205
316 Spaces in macros......Page 207
317 How to break the 9-argument limit......Page 208
318 Key-value input for macros and package options......Page 209
319 Defining characters as macros......Page 211
320 Active characters in command arguments......Page 212
321 Defining a macro from an argument......Page 213
322 Transcribing LaTeX command definitions......Page 214
324 Am I using PDFTeX?......Page 215
325 Subverting a token register......Page 216
326 Is this command defined?......Page 217
328 \@ and @ in macro names......Page 218
329 What's the reason for `protection'?......Page 219
331 The definitions of LaTeX commands......Page 220
333 More than one optional argument......Page 222
334 Commands defined with * options......Page 223
335 LaTeX internal ``abbreviations'', etc.......Page 224
336 Defining LaTeX commands within other commands......Page 225
338 Changing the words babel uses......Page 226
339 Running equation, figure and table numbering......Page 227
341 Finding if you're on an odd or an even page......Page 228
343 Adjusting the presentation of section numbers......Page 229
345 Finding if a label is undefined......Page 230
346 Master and slave counters......Page 231
348 The quality of your LaTeX......Page 232
350 Why can't I load PiCTeX?......Page 233
351 Moving tables and figures in LaTeX......Page 234
353 Controlling widows and orphans......Page 235
356 Where are the msx and msy fonts?......Page 236
358 LaTeX gets cross-references wrong......Page 237
360 Why doesn't verbatim work within...?......Page 238
361 No line here to end......Page 240
363 Accents misbehave in tabbing......Page 241
365 Why are my sections numbered 0.1...?......Page 242
368 My brackets don't match......Page 243
369 Characters disappear from figures in PDFTeX......Page 244
371 Why does it ignore paragraph parameters?......Page 245
373 Why does LaTeX split footnotes across pages?......Page 246
375 Where have my characters gone?......Page 247
377 Commands gobble following space......Page 248
378 (La)TeX makes overfull lines......Page 249
380 Why doesn't \linespread work?......Page 250
381 Only one \baselineskip per paragraph......Page 251
383 Why is the inside margin so narrow?......Page 252
386 Why not use eqnarray?......Page 253
388 What's wrong with \bf, \it, etc.?......Page 254
389 What's wrong with \newfont?......Page 255
390 How to approach errors......Page 256
391 The structure of TeX error messages......Page 257
393 Capacity exceeded [semantic nest...]......Page 258
394 No room for a new `thing'......Page 259
397 ``Too many unprocessed floats''......Page 260
399 \end occurred inside a group......Page 261
400 ``Missing number, treated as zero''......Page 262
402 ``Unknown graphics extension''......Page 263
404 Warning: ``Font shape ... not available''......Page 264
405 Unable to read an entire line......Page 265
408 Mismatched mode ljfour and resolution 8000......Page 266
410 Capacity exceeded --- input levels......Page 267
412 Alignment tab changed to \cr......Page 268
413 Graphics division by zero......Page 269
416 Too many math alphabets......Page 270
417 Not in outer par mode......Page 271
418 Perhaps a missing \item?......Page 272
419 Illegal parameter number in definition......Page 273
422 Option clash for package......Page 274
424 Entering compatibility mode......Page 276
426 Future WWW technologies and (La)TeX......Page 277
428 The TeX document preparation environment......Page 279
430 The XeTeX project......Page 280
433 The ExTeX project......Page 281
434 Replacing the BibTeX--LaTeX mechanism......Page 282
437 Reporting a LaTeX bug......Page 283
438 What to do if you find a bug......Page 284
