TeX is a tool for creating professional quality, typeset pages of any kind. It is particularly good, perhaps unsurpassed, at typesetting mathematics ; as a result, it is widely used in scientific writing. Some of its other features, like its ability to handle multiple languages in the same document and the fact that the content of a document (chapters, sections, equations, tables, figures, etc.) can be separated from its form (typeface, size, spacing, indentation, etc.) are making TeX more common outside of scientific and academic circles.

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This manual describes access to the Sevilleta LTER Information Management System (SIMS) computers, some UNIX commands, electronic mail, file transfers, analytical software, and other system tools. The descriptions are enough not only to get you started, but comprise most of the commands used by typical users.

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“TeX by Topic is a systematic reference manual designed as a companion to tutorial guides on the system. Packed with original, practical ideas, this book provides an invaluable information source that will give the TeX user the essential insight needed to solve TeX problems.”

A beautifully written, concise and comprehensive discussion of TeX as a programming language [...] Eijkhout’s book is not a loose collection of unconnected entries but a very systematic account of how TeX works as a programming language. Not the ideal first introduction, but an absolute must-read if you want to understand the deeper foundations of the TeX language.

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http://eijkhout.net/texbytopic/texbytopic.html