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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