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TEXSIS(1) 3 August 1992
TeXsis - TeX macros for Physicists
TeXsis is a collection of TeX macros for typesetting physics
documents such as papers and preprints, conference proceedings, books,
theses, referee reports, letters, and memos. It has predefined layouts
for all of these documents and supports a wide variety of type sizes.
Texsis macros provide automatic numbering of equations, automatic
numbering and formatting of references, double column formats, several
special document layouts, and macros for making tables and figures,
including tables with horizontal and verticl rules.
TeXsis is an extension of "Plain" TeX, so anything you know how to do
in plain TeX you can do in TeXsis. TeXsis macro instructions are simply
abbreviations for often used combinations of control sequences used to
typeset physics documents. For more information about Plain TeX see the
manual entry for "tex", or The TeXbook, by D.E. Knuth.
TeXsis can be stored as a pre-loaded format so that it loads quickly
(see "preloaded formats" in The TeXbook ). To run TeXsis simply give
the command texsis in place of the tex command, i.e.
texsis [ filename ]
where filename.tex is the name of a file containing TeX and/or TeXsis
\controlsequences.
TeXsis is initally in plain TeX mode, e.g. 10pt type and
singlespaced, but the control word \texsis selects 12pt type,
doublespaced, and enables other useful features. Alternatively, \paper
turns on these features and sets things up to typeset a paper, \thesis
does the same for typesetting a thesis, etc... \letter is used to
produce a letter using the macros listed in the back of The TeXbook, and
\memo gives a setup for producing memoranda.
A manual which describes all of the TeXsis macro instructions is
available. It is written in TeXsis, so it serves as its own example of
how to write a document with TeXsis.
Installation instructions are included in this directory in the file
Install.tex, which is written in Plain TeX. See also the file INSTALL.
SOURCE CODE
The code is available in different forms depending upon the target
machine. The only difference is how the files are packed, the code is
absolutely the same!
Unix - The files are in the form of shar bundles which have been
compressed with compress(1). Once you have copied them
to your own machine give the command uncompress and then
run each bundle through sh. Alternatively, there is a
shell script called unbundle which will do this for you.
VMS - The files are in the form of DCL .COM files which will unpack
themselves if you run them with the command @TEXSISxx.COM,
where xx is the bundle number.
Each distribution has a file called MANIFEST in the first bundle which
lists all of the files that should be in the current distribution and a
summary of what they contain. There is also a list below of the most
important files.
If you use TeXsis you may want to send a short mail message to
texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu to be on the mailing list for any notices of
updates or changes.
FILES
Install.tex brief installation instructions, in PLAIN TeX.
texsis.tex main source code.
Manual.tex main file for the Manual
TXS*.tex TeXsis source code modules.
TXS*.doc TeXsis manual source (written in TeXsis).
TXSsite.tex Local site customization instructions.
TXSpatch.tex Run time patch file (like a system TeXsis.rc
file).
TXSmods.tex Run time init file (read from current directory
or search path).
texsis.1 Unix manual page for TeXsis.
Makefile Make instructions for texsis and the Manual in Unix
make.COM DCL command file to make texsis.fmt on Vax/VMS.
make.BAT Batch file to make texsis.fmt for IBM PC/TeX.
texsis.BAT Batch file to run TeXsis on IBM PC/TeX.
AUTHORS
Eric Myers
Center for Relativity myers@landau.ph.utexas.edu
Physics Department myers@UTAPHY.BITNET
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712 USA
and
Frank E. Paige
Physics Department paige@bnlcl2.bnl.gov
Brookhaven National Laboratory paige@BNLCL1.BITNET
Upton, NY 11973 USA.