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1.1       root        1: .TH LATEX 6
                      2: .CT 1 writing_other
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: latex, bibtex \- tex macro package and bibliographies
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B latex
                      7: [
                      8: .L -t
                      9: ]
                     10: [
                     11: .L -p
                     12: ]
                     13: [
                     14: .L -s
                     15: ]
                     16: .IR file [.tex]
                     17: .PP
                     18: .B bibtex
                     19: .I auxname
                     20: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     21: .I Latex
                     22: is a standard set of macros for
                     23: .IR tex (1)
                     24: inspired by, but not identical to, Scribe.
                     25: The command
                     26: .I "latex file"
                     27: processes
                     28: .IB file .tex
                     29: and produces
                     30: .IB file .dvi,
                     31: which should be printed with
                     32: .IR lp (1).
                     33: It will probably be necessary to run
                     34: .I latex
                     35: twice, to get all of the cross-referencing done properly.
                     36: .I Latex
                     37: writes cross-referencing information in
                     38: .IB file .aux.
                     39: The options are
                     40: .TP
                     41: .B -t
                     42: Use Times Roman fonts.
                     43: .TP
                     44: .B -p
                     45: Use Palatino fonts.
                     46: .TP
                     47: .B -s
                     48: Load the
                     49: .I slitex
                     50: version of 
                     51: .I latex
                     52: for making slides.
                     53: .PP
                     54: .I Bibtex
                     55: reads the top-level auxiliary
                     56: .RB ( .aux )
                     57: file output by
                     58: .I latex
                     59: and creates a bibliography
                     60: .RB ( .bbl )
                     61: file to be included in the 
                     62: source file.
                     63: The
                     64: .I auxname
                     65: on the command line should be given without an extension.
                     66: Each
                     67: .B \ecite
                     68: in the source file is looked up in bibliography files to gather
                     69: together those used in the document.
                     70: Then a bibliography style file is executed to write a
                     71: .B \ethebibliography
                     72: environment.
                     73: .PP
                     74: The source file should have defined the bibliography
                     75: .RB ( .bib )
                     76: files to search with the
                     77: .B \ebibliography
                     78: command, and the bibliography style
                     79: .RB ( .bst )
                     80: file to execute with the
                     81: .B \ebibliographystyle
                     82: command.
                     83: .I Bibtex
                     84: searches the
                     85: .B TEXINPUTS
                     86: path (see
                     87: .IR tex (1))
                     88: for
                     89: .BR .aux ,
                     90: .BR .bbl ,
                     91: and
                     92: .B .bst
                     93: files.
                     94: The manual describes how to make bibliography files.
                     95: .PP
                     96: See files in
                     97: .L /usr/lib/tex/macros/doc
                     98: for more documentation.
                     99: In particular,
                    100: .L local.tex
                    101: is the
                    102: .I "Local Guide"
                    103: referred to in the manual.
                    104: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                    105: Leslie Lamport,
                    106: .I LATEX: A Document Preparation System,
                    107: Addison Wesley, 1986
                    108: .br
                    109: .IR tex (1),
                    110: .IR lp (1)

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