redhat man page for amstex

AMSTEX(1)						      General Commands Manual							 AMSTEX(1)

NAME
       amstex - structured text formatting and typesetting

SYNOPSIS
       amstex [ first line ]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.	The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual
       Web2C: A TeX implementation.

       The AmSTeX language is described in the book The Joy of TeX.  AmSTeX is a TeX macro package, not a modification to the TeX source  program,
       so all the capabilities described in tex(1) are present.

       The  AmSTeX  macros encourage writers to think about the content of their documents, rather than the form.  The ideal, not always realized,
       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''.

       AmSTeX  is  the official typesetting system of the American Mathematical Society, and nearly all of its publications are typeset using AmS-
       TeX.  The online version of AMS Math Reviews uses AmSTeX input syntax for display of mathematical material.  AMS authors can  provide  edi-
       tors with computer-readable AmSTeX files.

       For authors more familiar with LaTeX, an AMS-supported package called amsmath.sty is is available.

FILES
       amsguide.tex"
	      Documentation for AmSTeX, typesettable by TeX.

       amfndoc.tex"
	      Documentation for AMS fonts, typesettable by TeX.

SEE ALSO
       latex(1), tex(1), slitex(1).
       Michael Spivak, The Joy of TeX, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN 0-8218-2997-1.

Web2C 7.3.1							 27 December 1992							 AMSTEX(1)