TeXsis - TeX macros for Physicists

       Eric Myers <myers@umich.edu>
       Department of Physics
       University of Michigan
       Ann Arbor, Michigan  USA

       and

       Frank E. Paige <paige@bnl.gov>
       Physics Department
       Brookhaven National Laboratory
       Upton, New York 11973 USA

       Please report bugs (or suggestions for improvements) to texsis@feynman.physics.lsa.umich.edu.

       Patchs to correct small problems or make small improvements are available at

               ftp://feynman.physics.lsa.umich.edu/texsis/

       in the file TXSpatch.tex (If that file doesn't exist then there are no current patches.)

TeXsis  is  a  collection  of  TeX macros for typesetting physics documents such as papers and preprints,
       conference proceedings, books, theses, referee  reports,  letters,  and  memos.   TeXsis  macros  provide
       automatic  numbering  of  equations,  automatic  numbering  and  formatting  of references, double column
       formatting, macros for making tables and  figures,  with  or  without  captions,  including  tables  with
       horizontal  and vertical rules.  TeXsis supports a wide variety of type sizes and a number of specialized
       document formats, and it even includes macros for making form letters for job applications or letters  of
       recommendation.

       TeXsis  is an extension of "plain" TeX, so anything you know how to do in plain TeX you can do in TeXsis.
       TeXsis macro instructions are simply abbreviations for often used combinations of control sequences  used
       to  typeset physics documents.  For more information about plain TeX see the man pages for tex(1), and/or
       TheTeXbook, by D.E. Knuth.

       TeXsis is stored as a pre-loaded format so that it loads quickly (see the man pages for initex(1), and/or
       "preloaded formats" in TheTeXbook ).  To run TeXsis simply give the command texsis in place of  the  tex
       command, i.e.

         texsis [ filename ]

       where filename.tex is the name of a file containing TeX and/or TeXsis \controlsequences.

       TeXsis  is  initally in plain TeX mode, i.e. 10pt type and singlespaced, but the control sequence \texsis
       selects 12pt type, doublespacing, and enables other useful  features.   Alternatively,  \paper  turns  on
       these  features  and  sets  things up to typeset a paper, \thesis does the same for typesetting a thesis,
       \letter is used to produce a letter using macros similar to those listed in  the  back  of  TheTeXbook,
       \memo gives a setup for producing memoranda, and so on.

       A  manual which describes all of the TeXsis macro instructions is available.  It is written in TeXsis, so
       it serves as its own example of how to write a document with TeXsis.  The source  code  is  also  heavily
       commented,  so  it is possible to extract useful macros from the source code and modify them to suit your
       own purposes.  Provisions  are  made  for  local  customization  of  TeXsis.   In  particular,  the  file
       TXSmods.tex,  if it exists, is read from the current directory or from the path TEXINPUTS whenever TeXsis
       is started.  You can therefore put your own custom macros for a given project in  a  directory  and  they
       will automatically be loaded when TeXsis is run from that directory.

       TeXsis informational messages are written to the terminal and the log file begining with `%  '.   Warning
       and error messages begin with `> '.

       The source files for TeXsis and the TeXsis manual are usually installed in the same place the rest of TeX
       is  kept.   Although  this  may  vary  from intallation to installation, it will generally include a root
       directory   named   texmf.    Common   examples   are   /usr/share/texmf/,/usr/lib/teTeX/texmf,    or
       /usr/local/lib/texmf.  Filenames here are relative to this texmf root directory.

       web2c/texsis.fmt         TeXsis pre-loaded format.

       tex/texsis/TXS*.tex      TeXsis source code.

       tex/texsis/*.txs         "Style" files which can be read in at run time for special document formats.

       doc/texsis/TXS*.doc      Source for the printed TeXsis manual (written in TeXsis).

       tex/texsis/TXSsite.tex   Local  site  customization instructions (this is read only once, when the format
                                file is created).

       tex/texsis/TXSpatch.tex  Run time patch file (like a system TeXsis.rc file, it is read every time  TeXsis
                                is run).

       TXSmods.tex              Run  time  init  file  (this  is  read every time TeXsis is run from the current
                                directory, or from the search path in TEXINPUTS ).

       There  is  an  appendix to the printed manual containing detailed installation instructions, but they are
       also provided in a form which can be processed by plain TeX, in the file Install.tex.

       TeXsis - TeX macros for Physicists

       Please note that TeXsis is designed to be completely compatible with plain TeX.  As a result it cannot be
       compatible with LaTeX.

       Having the full manual written in TeXsis can cause a problem if  you  don't  have  a  version  of  TeXsis
       already running.  To get around this you can run Manual.tex through plain TeX and it will load the TeXsis
       files before processing the manual.  This takes longer, but not by much.

initex(1), tex(1), virtex(1)
       Donald E. Knuth, TheTeXbook;
       Michael Doob, AGentleIntroductiontoTeX.

texsis [ filename ]

       Revision Number: 2.18/beta3
       Release Date:  16 May 2000

TeXsis 2.18                                        16 May 2000                                         TEXSIS(1)