TEXSIS
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Updated: 1 July 1992
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NAME
TeXsis - TeX macros for Physicists
SYNOPSIS
texsis
[ filename ]
DESCRIPTION
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.
TeXsis
macros provide automatic numbering of equations, automatic
numbering and formatting of references, double column formatting, macros
for making tables and figures, with or without captions, including
tables with horizontal and vertical rules.
TeXsis
supports a wide variety of type sizes and a number of
specialized document formats, and it even includes macros for making
form letters for job applications or letters of recommendation.
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 is 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, i.e. 10pt type and singlespaced,
but the control sequence \texsis selects 12pt type, doublespacing,
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, \letter is used to produce
a letter using macros similar to those listed in the back of
The TeXbook,
\memo gives a setup for producing memoranda, and so on.
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. The source code is also heavily
commented, so it is possible to extract useful macros from the source
code and modify them to suit your own purposes. Provisions are made for
local customization of TeXsis. In particular, the file TXSmods.tex,
if it exists, is read from the current directory or from the path
TEXINPUTS whenever TeXsis is started. You can therefore put your own
custom macros for a given project in a directory and they will
automatically be loaded when TeXsis is run from that directory.
RESTRICTIONS
Having the full manual written in TeXsis can cause a problem if you
don't have a version of TeXsis already running. To get around
this you can run Manual.tex through plain TeX and it will load
the TeXsis files before processing the manual. This takes longer.
The installation instructions are also provided in plain TeX form
in the file Install.tex.
DIAGNOSTICS
TeXsis informational messages are written to the terminal and
the log file begining with "%". Warning and error messages
begin with ">".
FILES
The source files for TeXsis and the TeXsis manual are usually installed
in the same place the rest of TeX is kept, probably on
/usr/local/lib/tex or /usr/local/tex.
...formats/texsis.fmt-
TeXsis pre-loaded format.
...inputs/*.txs-
"Style" files which can be read in at run time for special document
formats.
...inputs/TXSpatch.tex-
Run time patch file (like a system TeXsis.rc file).
...texsis/TXS*.tex-
TeXsis macros source code.
...texsis/TXS*.doc-
TeXsis manual sources (written in TeXsis).
...texsis/TXSsite.tex-
Local site customization instructions (read only once when the format
file is created).
TXSmods.tex-
Run time init file (read from current directory or the search path
in TEXINPUTS).
SEE ALSO
tex(1),
Donald E. Knuth,
The TeXbook
AUTHORS
Eric Myers
Center for Relativity,
Department of Physics,
Univerity of Texas,
Austin, TX 78705 USA
and
Frank E. Paige,
Physics Research Division,
Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory,
2550 Beckleymeade Avenue,
Dallas, TX 75237 USA
Please report bugs (or suggestions for improvements) to
texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RESTRICTIONS
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- DIAGNOSTICS
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- FILES
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHORS
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