\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A}Introduction}{2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {B}The Background}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1}\raggedright What is T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}?}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2}\raggedright How should I pronounce ``T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}''?}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3}\raggedright What is \ptextlogo {META}\discretionary {-}{}{}\ptextlogo {FONT}{}?}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4}\raggedright What is \ptextlogo {META}\discretionary {-}{}{}\ptextlogo {POST}{}?}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5}\raggedright What is \LaTeX {}?}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {6}\raggedright How should I pronounce ``\LaTeX {}(\twee {})''?}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {7}\raggedright Should I use \texttt {plain} T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} or \LaTeX {}?}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8}\raggedright What are the \acro {AMS} packages ($\@mathcal {A}$\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {$\@mathcal {M}$}\kern -.125em$\@mathcal {S}$-T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}, \emph {etc}.)?}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {9}\raggedright What is \Eplain {}?}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {10}\raggedright What is Lollipop?}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {11}\raggedright What is Texinfo?}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {12}\raggedright If T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} is so good, how come it's free?}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {13}\raggedright What is the future of T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}?}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {14}\raggedright What are \acro {TUG} and \emph {TUGboat}?}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {15}\raggedright Are there nationally-based user groups, too?}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {16}\raggedright \acro {TUG} Technical Working Groups}{6}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {C}Documentation and Help}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {17}\raggedright Books on T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} and its relations}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {18}\raggedright Where to find this article}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {19}\raggedright Mailing lists about T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} and its friends}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {20}\raggedright \textsc {Bib}\kern -.08em T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} Documentation}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {21}\raggedright The P\kern -.12em\lower .5ex\hbox {I}\kern -.075emC\kern -.11emT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} manual}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {22}\raggedright Finding \AllTeX {} macro packages}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {23}\raggedright Finding files in the \acro {CTAN} archives}{8}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {D}Bits and pieces of T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {24}\raggedright What is a \acro {DVI} file?}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {25}\raggedright What is a driver?}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {26}\raggedright What are \acro {PK} files?}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {27}\raggedright What are \acro {TFM} files?}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {28}\raggedright Virtual fonts}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {29}\raggedright \csx {special} commands}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {30}\raggedright Documented \LaTeX {} sources (\texttt {.dtx} files)}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {31}\raggedright What are the \acro {DC} fonts?}{10}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {E}Acquiring the Software}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {32}\raggedright Repositories of T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} material}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {33}\raggedright Contributing a file to the archives}{11}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {34}\raggedright Finding new fonts}{11}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {35}\raggedright T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} \acro {CD-ROM}\spacefactor \@m {}s}{11}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {F}T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} Systems}{11}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {36}\raggedright \AllTeX {} for different machines}{11}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {37}\raggedright T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}-friendly editors and shells}{12}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {38}\raggedright Commercial T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} implementations}{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {G}\acro {DVI} Drivers and Previewers}{14}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {39}\raggedright \acro {DVI} to PostScript conversion programs}{14}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {40}\raggedright \acro {DVI} drivers for \acro {HP} LaserJet}{14}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {41}\raggedright \acro {DVI} previewers}{15}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {H}Support Packages for T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {42}\raggedright Fig, a T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}-friendly drawing package}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {43}\raggedright T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}\acro {CAD}, a drawing package for \LaTeX {}}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {44}\raggedright Spelling checkers for work with T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {45}\raggedright The V\kern -2.7pt\lower .5ex\hbox {O\kern -1.4pt R}\kern -2.6ptT\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX{} package}{15}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {I}Literate programming}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {46}\raggedright What is Literate Programming?}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {47}\raggedright \acro {WEB} for C, FORTRAN, and other languages}{16}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {J}Format conversions}{16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {48}\raggedright Conversion between \AllTeX {} and others}{16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {49}\raggedright Conversion from \AllTeX {} to plain \acro {ASCII}}{17}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {50}\raggedright Conversion from \acro {SGML} or \acro {HTML} to \TeX {}}{17}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {51}\raggedright \AllTeX {} conversion to \acro {HTML}}{17}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {52}\raggedright Making hypertext documents from T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}}{18}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {53}\raggedright Making Acrobat documents from \LaTeX {}}{18}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {K}\ptextlogo {META}\discretionary {-}{}{}\ptextlogo {FONT}{}}{18}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {54}\raggedright Getting \ptextlogo {META}\discretionary {-}{}{}\ptextlogo {FONT}{} to do what you want}{18}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {55}\raggedright Which font files should be kept}{19}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {56}\raggedright Getting bitmaps from the archives}{19}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {L}PostScript and T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}}{20}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {57}\raggedright Using PostScript fonts with \TeX {}}{20}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {58}\raggedright Previewing files using PostScript fonts}{20}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {59}\raggedright \TeX {} font metric files for PostScript fonts}{20}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {60}\raggedright Problems using PostScript fonts}{21}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {61}\raggedright Choice of scalable outline fonts}{21}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {62}\raggedright Including a PostScript figure in \LaTeX {}}{22}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {M}Special sorts of typesetting}{22}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {63}\raggedright Drawing with T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}}{22}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {64}\raggedright Double-spaced documents in \LaTeX {}}{23}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {65}\raggedright Formatting a thesis in \LaTeX {}}{23}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {66}\raggedright Flowing text around figures in \LaTeX {}}{23}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {67}\raggedright Alternative head- and footlines in \LaTeX {}}{24}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {68}\raggedright Including a file in verbatim in \LaTeX {}}{24}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {69}\raggedright Generating an index in \AllTeX {}}{24}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {70}\raggedright Using \textsc {Bib}\kern -.08em T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} with \texttt {plain} T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}}{24}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {71}\raggedright Typesetting music in T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}}{24}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {72}\raggedright Drawing Feynman diagrams in \LaTeX {}}{24}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {N}How do I do \emph {X} in T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {} or \LaTeX {}}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {73}\raggedright Proof environment}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {74}\raggedright Symbols for the number sets}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {75}\raggedright Roman theorems}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {76}\raggedright Labels on lists}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {77}\raggedright Unnumbered sections in the Table of Contents}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {78}\raggedright Footnotes in tables}{26}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {79}\raggedright Style of section headings}{26}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {80}\raggedright Indent after section headings}{26}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {81}\raggedright Footnotes in \LaTeX {} section headings}{26}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {82}\raggedright Changing the margins in \LaTeX {}}{26}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {83}\raggedright Finding the width of a letter, word, or phrase}{27}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {84}\raggedright Excluding blocks of text from the \acro {DVI} file}{27}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {85}\raggedright Defining a new log-like function in \LaTeX {}}{27}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {86}\raggedright Typesetting all those T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}-related logos}{27}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {O}Things are Going Wrong\dots {}}{28}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {87}\raggedright Weird hyphenation of words}{28}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {88}\raggedright (Merely) peculiar hyphenation}{28}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {89}\raggedright Accented words aren't hyphenated}{28}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {90}\raggedright Enlarging T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}}{28}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {91}\raggedright Moving tables and figures in \LaTeX {}}{28}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {92}\raggedright \csx {pagestyle{empty}} on first page in \LaTeX {}}{29}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {93}\raggedright Odd behaviour of \csx {rm}, \csx {bf}, \emph {etc}.}{29}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {94}\raggedright Old \LaTeX {} font references such as \csx {tenrm}}{29}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {95}\raggedright Missing symbols}{29}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {96}\raggedright \LaTeX {} gets cross-references wrong}{29}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {97}\raggedright \csx {@} and \texttt {@} in macro names}{29}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {98}\raggedright Where are the \texttt {msx} and \texttt {msy} fonts?}{30}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {99}\raggedright Where are the \texttt {am} fonts?}{30}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {100}\raggedright `String too long' in \textsc {Bib}\kern -.08em T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor 1000 {}}{30}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {P}Why does it \emph {do} that?}{30}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {101}\raggedright Why does it ignore paragraph parameters?}{30}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {102}\raggedright What's the reason for `protection'?}{31}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {103}\raggedright Why doesn't \csx {verb} work within\dots {}?}{31}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {104}\raggedright Case-changing oddities}{31}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {105}\raggedright Why are \texttt {\#} signs doubled in macros?}{31}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {Q}Recent Developments}{32}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {106}\raggedright The New Font Selection Scheme (\acro {NFSS})}{32}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {107}\raggedright \LaTeXe {} (the new standard \LaTeX {})}{32}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {108}\raggedright The \LaTeX {}3 project}{32}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {109}\raggedright The Omega project}{32}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {110}\raggedright The \NTS {} project}{32}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {R}Perhaps There \emph {isn't} an Answer}{33}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {111}\raggedright What to do if you find a bug}{33}