home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
TeX 1995 July
/
TeX CD-ROM July 1995 (Disc 1)(Walnut Creek)(1995).ISO
/
macros
/
text1
/
cms_help_files
/
special.helpmark
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1991-10-23
|
1KB
|
25 lines
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| TEXT1 Special Characters |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
In TeX there are 10 keyboard characters which have special meaning. They are:
\ (backslash) } (right curly brace) { (left curly brace)
@ (at sign) # (pound sign) _ (underscore)
& (ampersand) % (percent sign) ~ (tilde) | (vertical bar)
If you need any of these characters as part of your text you must precede all
but the tilde and vertical bar with a \ (backslash) or TeX will interpret them
as a TeX command. To print a tilde you must enter \tilde and for a vertical bar
enter \vbar.
For example, the following input:
Mom sent Tommy to the store and told him to buy 5\# potatoes, a
half gallon of 2\% milk and two packages of M\&Ms.
would result in:
Mom sent Tommy to the store and told him to buy 5# potatoes, a half gallon of
2% milk and two packages of M&Ms.