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

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