TeX/TeX for the Impatient


 * Syntactic conventions[2]
 * Descriptions of the commands[3]


 * Using TeX[2][7]
 * Turning input into ink[7]
 * Programs and files you need[7]
 * Running TeX[9]
 * Preparing an input file[10]
 * Commands and control sequences[10]
 * Arguments[11]
 * Parameters[12]
 * Spaces[12]
 * Comments[13]
 * Punctuation[13]
 * Special characters[15]
 * Groups[15]
 * Math formulas[16]
 * How TeX works[16]
 * New TeX versus old TeX[18]
 * Resources[18]
 * Examples[3][21]
 * Entering simple text[22]
 * Indentation[24]
 * Fonts and special characters[26]
 * Interline spacing[28]
 * Spacing, rules, and boxes[30]
 * Odds and ends[32]
 * Using fonts from other sources[34]
 * A ruled table[36]
 * Typesetting mathematics[38]
 * More mathematics[40]
 * Concepts[4][43]
 * Commands for composing paragraphs[5][97]
 * Characters and accents[97]
 * Letters and ligatures for European alphabets[97]
 * Special symbols[98]
 * Arbitrary characters[99]
 * Accents[100]
 * Defeating boundary ligatures[101]
 * Selecting fonts[102]
 * Particular fonts[102]
 * Type styles[103]
 * Uppercase and lowercase[103]
 * Interword spacing[104]
 * Centering and justifying lines[108]
 * Shaping paragraphs[110]
 * Starting, ending, and indenting paragraphs[110]
 * Shaping entire paragraphs[114]
 * Line breaks[120]
 * Encouraging or discouraging line breaks[120]
 * Line breaking parameters[123]
 * Hyphenation[126]
 * Section headings, lists, and theorems[129]
 * Commands for composing pages[6][133]
 * Interline and interparagraph spaces[133]
 * Page breaks[136]
 * Encouraging or discouraging page breaks[136]
 * Page breaking parameters[138]
 * Page layout[140]
 * Page description parameters[140]
 * Page numbers[142]
 * Header and footer lines[143]
 * Marks[144]
 * Insertions[145]
 * Footnotes[145]
 * General insertions[146]
 * Modifying the output routine[148]
 * Splitting vertical lists[149]
 * Commands for horizontal and vertical modes[7][153]
 * Producing space[153]
 * Fixed-width horizontal space[153]
 * Fixed-length vertical space[154]
 * Variable-size space[155]
 * Manipulating boxes[160]
 * Constructing hboxes and vboxes[160]
 * Setting and retrieving the contents of boxes[164]
 * Shifting boxes[166]
 * Dimensions of box registers[167]
 * Struts, phantoms, and empty boxes[167]
 * Parameters pertaining to malformed boxes[170]
 * Retrieving the last item from a list[171]
 * Rules and leaders[172]
 * Alignments[176]
 * Tabbing alignments[176]
 * General alignments[178]
 * Commands for composing math formulas[8][187]
 * Simple parts of formulas[187]
 * Greek letters[187]
 * Miscellaneous ordinary math symbols[188]
 * Binary operations[189]
 * Relations[190]
 * Left and right delimiters[191]
 * Arrows[192]
 * Named mathematical functions[193]
 * Large operators[194]
 * Punctuation[196]
 * Superscripts and subscripts[197]
 * Selecting and using styles[198]
 * Compound symbols[199]
 * Math accents[199]
 * Fractions and other stacking operations[200]
 * Dots[203]
 * Delimiters[204]
 * Matrices[205]
 * Roots and radicals[206]
 * Equation numbers[207]
 * Multiline displays[208]
 * Fonts in math formulas[209]
 * Constructing math symbols[211]
 * Making delimiters bigger[211]
 * Parts of large symbols[211]
 * Aligning parts of a formula[212]
 * Aligning accents[212]
 * Aligning material vertically[213]
 * Producing spaces[214]
 * Fixed-width math spaces[214]
 * Variable-width math spaces[215]
 * Spacing parameters for displays[216]
 * Other spacing parameters for math[217]
 * Categorizing math constructs[218]
 * Special actions for math formulas[218]
 * Commands for general operations[9][221]
 * Naming and modifying fonts[221]
 * Converting information to tokens[224]
 * Numbers[224]
 * Environmental information[224]
 * Values of variables[226]
 * Grouping[227]
 * Macros[230]
 * Defining macros[230]
 * Other definitions[232]
 * Controlling expansion[233]
 * Conditional tests[235]
 * Repeated actions[240]
 * Doing nothing[241]
 * Registers[242]
 * Using registers[242]
 * Naming and reserving registers, etc.[244]
 * Doing arithmetic in registers[245]
 * Ending the job[246]
 * Input and output[247]
 * Operations on input files[247]
 * Operations on output files[249]
 * Interpreting input characters[251]
 * Controlling interaction with TeX [252]
 * Diagnostic aids[253]
 * Displaying internal data[253]
 * Specifying what is traced[256]
 * Sending messages[261]
 * Initializing TeX [263]
 * Tips and techniques[10][265]
 * Correcting bad page breaks[265]
 * Preserving the end of a page[267]
 * Leaving space at the top of a page[267]
 * Correcting bad line breaks[268]
 * Correcting overfull or underfull boxes[268]
 * Recovering lost interword spaces[270]
 * Avoiding unwanted interword spaces[270]
 * Avoiding excess space around a display[271]
 * Avoiding excess space after a paragraph[271]
 * Changing the paragraph shape[272]
 * Putting paragraphs into a box[272]
 * Drawing lines[273]
 * Creating multiline headers or footers[274]
 * Finding mismatched braces[275]
 * Setting dimensions[276]
 * Creating composite fonts[276]
 * Reproducing text verbatim[277]
 * Using outer macros[279]
 * Changing category codes[280]
 * Making macro files more readable[281]
 * Making sense of error messages[11][283]
 * A compendium of useful macros[12][291]
 * Preliminaries[291]
 * Displays[295]
 * Time of day[297]
 * Lists[298]
 * Verbatim listing[300]
 * Tables of contents[301]
 * Cross-references[302]
 * Environments[304]
 * Justification[306]
 * Tables[307]
 * Footnotes[309]
 * Double columns[309]
 * Finishing up[311]

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