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TeX Reference Manual - David Bausum

TeX Reference Manual

By: David Bausum

Hardcover | 31 March 2002

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The TeX Reference Manual is the first comprehensive reference manual written by a programmer for programmers. It contains reference pages for each of TeX's 325 primitive control sequences. Over 80% of its reference pages contain examples that range from simple to challenging. Each example is typeset verbatim in a style which is easy to read and experiment with. TeX Reference Manual also just typesets the example, so you can see what it makes, and explains how the example works. The description on each primitive's reference page is an annotated discussion of The TeXbook's treatment of the primitive. That means a TeX user will find it natural to move back and forth between the two books. One of TeX Reference Manual's innovative features is families. They simplify the search for the primitive which performs a particular task.
  • Primitive Control Sequences,
  • Family Name Type Description,
  • Box (29) Logic (20) C Command (163),
  • Character (16) Macro (20) D Derived Command (17),
  • Debugging (25) Marks (4) IQ Internal Quantity (42),
  • File I/O (13) Math (69) PI Parameter (integer) (55),
  • Fonts (5) Page (13) PD Parameter (dimen) (21),
  • Glue (12) Paragraph (30) PG Parameter (glue) (15),
  • Hyphenation (11) Penalties (12) PM Parameter (muglue) (3),
  • Inserts (8) Registers (11) PT Parameter (token) (9),
  • Job (11) Tables (9),
  • Kern (7).
TeX Reference Manual has appendices which provide a comprehensive discussion of: verbatim material, PostScript fonts, and two-column material. In particular, one word describes its font macros, elegant.
The TeX Reference Manual is an invaluable tool for both the experienced and new users of TeX.
Industry Reviews
"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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