NAME

       latex, pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex, dvilualatex, cslatex, pdfcslatex, platex, uplatex, lamed - structured
       text formatting and typesetting

SYNOPSIS

       latex [first-line]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page is a mere skeleton.

       The  LaTeX language is described in the book LaTeX - A Document Preparation System.  LaTeX is a TeX macro
       package, not a modification to the TeX source program, so all the capabilities described  in  tex(1)  are
       present.

       The  LaTeX  macros encourage writers to think about the content of their documents, rather than the form.
       The ideal, very difficult to realize, is to have no formatting commands (like  ``switch  to  italic''  or
       ``skip  2  picas'')  in the document at all; instead, everything is done by specific markup instructions:
       ``emphasize'', ``start a section''.

       The primary source of documentation for LaTeX is the LaTeX manual referenced below.

       lualatex, pdflatex, pdfcslatex, xelatex are LaTeX formats based on the respective  engines.   All  output
       PDF by default.
       platex, uplatex are Japanese LaTeX formats based on e-pTeX and e-upTeX (DVI output).
       lamed is the Aleph-based LaTeX format (DVI output).
       dvilualatex is LuaTeX-based and outputs DVI.
       cslatex is csTeX-based (primitives integrated into pdfTeX) and outputs DVI.

       On  some  systems  latex209  and  slitex  may still be available for compatibility with older versions of
       LaTeX.  These should not be used for new texts.

SEE ALSO

       amstex(1), luatex(1), pdftex(1), ptex(1), tex(1), xetex(1).

       Leslie Lamport, LaTeX - A Document Preparation System, Addison-Wesley, 1985, ISBN 020115790X.

       Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris  Rowley,  LaTeX  Companion,
       Addison-Wesley, 2004, ISBN 0201362996 (2nd edition).

       The LaTeX home page is http://latex-project.org.
       A list of some LaTeX tutorials is at http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=man-latex.
       An unofficial reference manual for LaTeX is at https://ctan.org/pkg/latex2e-help-texinfo.

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