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What is LaTeX?LaTeX is a TeX``macro package'' that adds a document markup language to the basic TeX facilities. It was written by Leslie Lamport in the early 1980s and is described in Lamport's book LaTeX: A document preparation system (Addison-Wesley, 1985, 1994 (2nd edition)).LaTeX underwent a thorough overhaul, culminating in 1994 in a new version, LaTeX2e, that unifies formerly disparate extensions, implements an optimized and efficient set of basic commands complemented by various ``packages'' to add specific functionality as needed, and incorporates a revised font selection scheme. Work continues toward the goal of LaTeX3, for which a new and improved user interface for document designers is promised. All current AMS documentclasses and author packages require LaTeX2e, in a version no older than December 1994. Since numerous bugs have been repaired since then, a more recent version, from 1996 or later, is strongly recommended. LaTeX can be obtained by anonymous ftp from participating sites of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network. |
