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Normally a ''bare'' TeX is hardly usable to typeset, so ''macro packages'' are often used. The basic macro package given as default is [[plainTeX]]; a very common and widely used macro package is [[LaTeX]], but there are many. |
Normally a ''bare'' TeX is hardly usable to typeset, so ''macro packages'' are often used. The basic macro package given as default is [[plainTeX]]; a very common and widely used macro package is [[LaTeX]], but there are many. |
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* [http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/findlanguages2.prx?language=PlainTeX&which=byname TeX on HOPL] |
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Revision as of 00:25, 27 April 2009
TeX (the X stands for the greek Χ letter and so pronounced as ch in technics, and written with a lowercase 'e' in imitation of the logo) is a typesetting language and system designed and mostly written by Donald E. Knuth.
See wikipedia TeX for more.
Normally a bare TeX is hardly usable to typeset, so macro packages are often used. The basic macro package given as default is plainTeX; a very common and widely used macro package is LaTeX, but there are many.