@findex doctex-mode
@TeX{} is a powerful text formatter written by Donald Knuth; it is
-also free software, like GNU Emacs. @LaTeX{} is a simplified input
+also free software, like GNU Emacs. La@TeX{} is a simplified input
format for @TeX{}, implemented by @TeX{} macros; it comes with @TeX{}.
-Sli@TeX{} is a special form of @LaTeX{}.@footnote{Sli@TeX{} is
+Sli@TeX{} is a special form of La@TeX{}.@footnote{Sli@TeX{} is
obsoleted by the @samp{slides} document class and other alternative
-packages in recent @LaTeX{} versions.} Doc@TeX{} (@file{.dtx}) is a
+packages in recent La@TeX{} versions.} Doc@TeX{} (@file{.dtx}) is a
special file format in which the La@TeX{} sources are written,
combining sources with documentation.
invoking @TeX{} on all or part of the file.
@vindex tex-default-mode
- @TeX{} mode has four variants: Plain @TeX{} mode, @LaTeX{} mode,
+ @TeX{} mode has four variants: Plain @TeX{} mode, La@TeX{} mode,
Sli@TeX{} mode, and Doc@TeX{} mode (these distinct major modes differ
only slightly). They are designed for editing the four different
formats. The command @kbd{M-x tex-mode} looks at the contents of the
-buffer to determine whether the contents appear to be either @LaTeX{}
+buffer to determine whether the contents appear to be either La@TeX{}
input, Sli@TeX{}, or Doc@TeX{} input; if so, it selects the
-appropriate mode. If the file contents do not appear to be @LaTeX{},
+appropriate mode. If the file contents do not appear to be La@TeX{},
Sli@TeX{} or Doc@TeX{}, it selects Plain @TeX{} mode. If the contents
are insufficient to determine this, the variable
@code{tex-default-mode} controls which mode is used.
@node LaTeX Editing
@subsection La@TeX{} Editing Commands
- @LaTeX{} mode, and its variant, Sli@TeX{} mode, provide a few extra
+ La@TeX{} mode, and its variant, Sli@TeX{} mode, provide a few extra
features not applicable to plain @TeX{}.
@table @kbd
@item C-c C-o
-Insert @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} for @LaTeX{} block and position
+Insert @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} for La@TeX{} block and position
point on a line between them (@code{tex-latex-block}).
@item C-c C-e
-Close the innermost @LaTeX{} block not yet closed
+Close the innermost La@TeX{} block not yet closed
(@code{tex-close-latex-block}).
@end table
@findex tex-latex-block
-@kindex C-c C-o @r{(@LaTeX{} mode)}
+@kindex C-c C-o @r{(La@TeX{} mode)}
@vindex latex-block-names
- In @LaTeX{} input, @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} commands are used to
+ In La@TeX{} input, @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} commands are used to
group blocks of text. To insert a @samp{\begin} and a matching
@samp{\end} (on a new line following the @samp{\begin}), use @kbd{C-c
C-o} (@code{tex-latex-block}). A blank line is inserted between the
@end example
@findex tex-close-latex-block
-@kindex C-c C-e @r{(@LaTeX{} mode)}
- In @LaTeX{} input, @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} commands must
+@kindex C-c C-e @r{(La@TeX{} mode)}
+ In La@TeX{} input, @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} commands must
balance. You can use @kbd{C-c C-e} (@code{tex-close-latex-block}) to
insert automatically a matching @samp{\end} to match the last unmatched
@samp{\begin}. It indents the @samp{\end} to match the corresponding
If @samp{%**start of header} does not appear within the first 100 lines of
the buffer, @kbd{C-c C-r} assumes that there is no header.
- In @LaTeX{} mode, the header begins with @samp{\documentclass} or
+ In La@TeX{} mode, the header begins with @samp{\documentclass} or
@samp{\documentstyle} and ends with @samp{\begin@{document@}}. These
-are commands that @LaTeX{} requires you to use in any case, so nothing
+are commands that La@TeX{} requires you to use in any case, so nothing
special needs to be done to identify the header.
@findex tex-file
@findex tex-bibtex-file
@kindex C-c TAB @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
@vindex tex-bibtex-command
- For @LaTeX{} files, you can use Bib@TeX{} to process the auxiliary
+ For La@TeX{} files, you can use Bib@TeX{} to process the auxiliary
file for the current buffer's file. Bib@TeX{} looks up bibliographic
citations in a data base and prepares the cited references for the
bibliography section. The command @kbd{C-c @key{TAB}}
@end ignore
@cindex Ref@TeX{} package
-@cindex references, @LaTeX{}
-@cindex @LaTeX{} references
- For managing all kinds of references for @LaTeX{}, you can use
+@cindex references, La@TeX{}
+@cindex La@TeX{} references
+ For managing all kinds of references for La@TeX{}, you can use
Ref@TeX{}. @inforef{Top,, reftex}.
@node HTML Mode