Latex-Command-Summary

LATEXCommandSummaryThislistingcontainsshortdescriptionsofthecontrolsequencesthatarelikelytobehandyforusersofLATEXv2.09layeredonTEXv2.0.SomeofthesecommandsareLATEXmacros,whileoth-ersbelongtoplainTEX;noattempttodieren-tiatethemismade.\|ordinaryspaceafterperiod.\!|negativethinspace=−16quad;xx\!xyieldsxxx(mathmode).\makesanumlaut,as¨o.\#printsapoundsign:#.\$printsadollarsign:$.\%printsapercentsign:%.\&printsanampersand:&.\'intabbingenvironmentmovescurrentcolumntotherightofthepreviouscolumn.Elsewhere,acuteaccent,aso.\(|startmathmode.Sameas\begin{math}or$.\)|endmathmode.Sameas\end{math}or$.\*isadiscretionarymultiplicationsign,atwhichalinebreakisallowed.\+movesleftmargintotherightbyonetabstop.Begintabbedline.\,|thinspace=16quad;xx\,xyieldsxxx.Itisnotrestrictedtomathmode.\-intabbingenvironment,movesleftmargintotheleftbyonetabstop.Elsewhere,optionalhyphenation.\.putsadotaccentoveraletter,as_o.\/insertsitalicsadjustmentspace.\:|mediumspace=29quad;xx\:xyieldsxxx(mathmode).\;|thickspace=518quad;xx\;xyieldsxxx(mathmode).\intabbingenvironment,putstexttoleftoflocalleftmargin.\=intabbingenvironment,setsatabstop.Elsewhere,makesamacronaccent,aso.\intabbingenvironmentisaforwardtab.Otherwise,mediumspace=29quad(mathmode).\@declarestheperiodthatfollowsistobeasentence-endingperiod.\[|sameas\begin{displaymath}or$$.\\terminatesaline.\\*terminatesaline,butdisallowsapagebreak.\]|sameas\end{displaymath}or$$.\^makesacircumflex,as^o.\_isanunderscore,asinhoursworked.\`intabbingenvironmentmovesalltextwhichfollows(upto\\)totherightmargin.Elsewhere,graveaccent,aso.\{printsacurlyleftbrace:f.\|isk(mathmode).\}printsacurlyrightbrace:g.\~makesatilde,as~n.\a'makesanacuteaccentintabbingenvironment,aso.\a`makesagraveaccentintabbingenvironment,aso.\a=makesamacronaccentintabbingenvironment,aso.\aaisa.\AAisA.\acutemakesanacuteaccent:a(mathmode).\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{name}addsthecommand\contentsline{section}{name}tothe.tocle.\address{text}declaresthereturnaddressintheletterdocumentstyle.\addtocontents{toc}{text}writestexttothe.tocle.\addtocounter{name}{amount}addsamounttocountername.\addtolength{\nl}{length}addslengthtolengthcommand\nl.Seealso\setlength,\newlength,\settowidth.\aeis.\AEis.\alephis@(mathmode).\alph{counter}printscounteraslower-caseletters.\Alph{counter}printsupper-caseletters.\alphais(mathmode).\amalgisq(mathmode).\andseparatesmultipleauthorsforthe\maketitlecommand.\angleis6(mathmode).\appendixstartsappendices.\approxis(mathmode).\arabic{counter}printscounterasarabicnumerals1,2,etc.\arccosisarccos(mathmode).\arcsinisarcsin(mathmode).2LATEXCommandSummary\arctanisarctan(mathmode).\argisarg(mathmode).\arraycolsep|widthofthespacebetweencolumnsinanarrayenvironment.\arrayrulewidth|widthoftherulecreatedintabularorarrayenvironmentby|,\hline,or\vline.\arraystretch|scalefactorforinterrowspacinginarrayandtabularenvironments.\astis(mathmode).\asympis(mathmode).\author{names}declaresauthor(s)forthe\maketitlecommand.\bisa\bar-underaccent,aso.\backslashisn(mathmode).\barputsamacronoveraletter:a(mathmode).\baselineskip|distancefrombottomofonelineofaparagraphtobottomofthenextline.\baselinestretch|factorbywhich\baselineskipismultipliedeachtimeatypesizechangingcommandisexecuted.\begin{environment}|alwayspairedwith\end{environment}.Followingaretheassortedenvironments.\begin{abstract}startsanenvironmentforproducinganabstract.\begin{array}{lrc}startsarrayenvironmentwith3columns,left-justied,right-justied,andcentered.Separatecolumnswith&,andendlineswith\\.@{text}betweenl,rorcargumentsputstextbetweencolumns.\begin{center}startsanenvironmentinwhicheverylineiscentered.Endlineswith\\.\begin{description}startsalabeledlist.Itemsareindicatedby\item[label].\begin{displaymath}setsmathematicsonlinesofitsown.Sameas\[or$$.\begin{document}startstheactualtextofadocument.Required.\begin{enumerate}startsanumberedlist.\begin{eqnarray}startsadisplaymathenvironmentinwhichmorethanoneequationcanbeaccommodated.Separateequationswith\\or\\*;use\nonumbertosuppressnumberingaparticularequation.\begin{eqnarray*}beginsanenvironmentliketheeqnarrayenvironmentexceptthattheequationsaren'tnumbered.\begin{equation}startsadisplaymathenvironmentandaddsanequationnumber.\begin{figure}[pos]beginsafloatingenvironment,whichmaybeoptionallyplacedatpos(seepositionsonpage8).Documentstylesreportandarticleusethedefaulttbp.\begin{figure*}[pos]beginsatwo-column-widegure.See\begin{figure}.\begin{flushleft}startsenvironmentwithraggedright-handmargin.Separatelineswith\\.See\raggedright.\begin{flushright}startsenvironmentwithraggedleft-handmargin.Separatelineswith\\.See\raggedleft.\begin{itemize}startsa\bulleted()list.Starteachitemwith\item.\begin{list}{labeling}{spacing}startsagenerallistenvironment.labelingspecieshowitemsarelabeledwhen\itemhasnoargument.spacingisanoptionallistofspacingparameters.\begin{math}startsamathdisplaylikethis:x2+y2,withintext.Sameas$or\(.\begin{minipage}[pos]{vsize}startsaboxofheightvsize.Textwillbepositionedaccordingtopos(seepositionsonpage8).\begin{p