TEXSIS(1) 12 November 1994 TeXsis - TeX macros for Physicists 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. It has predefined layouts for all of these documents and supports a wide variety of type sizes. Texsis macros provide automatic numbering of equations, automatic numbering and formatting of references, double column formats, several special document layouts, and macros for making tables and figures, including tables with horizontal and vertical rules. 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 manual entry for "tex", or The TeXbook, by D.E. Knuth. TeXsis can be stored as a pre-loaded format so that it loads quickly (see "preloaded formats" in The TeXbook ). 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, e.g. 10pt type and singlespaced, but the control word \texsis selects 12pt type, doublespaced, 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, etc... \letter is used to produce a letter using the macros listed in the back of The TeXbook, and \memo gives a setup for producing memoranda. 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. Installation instructions are included in this directory in the file Install.tex, which is written in Plain TeX. See also the file INSTALL. SOURCE CODE Source code and documentation for TeXsis can be obtained via anonymous ftp over the Internet from ftp.texsis.org. The code is available in different forms depending upon the target machine. The only difference is how the files are packed, the code is absolutely the same. Unix - The files are in the form of shar bundles which have been compressed with compress(1). Once you have copied them to your own machine give the command uncompress and then run each bundle through sh. Alternatively, there is a shell script called unbundle which will do this for you. VMS - The files are in the form of DCL .COM files which will unpack themselves if you run them with the command @TEXSISxx.COM, where xx is the bundle number. Mac - The files are bundled into a self-extracting archive (.sea file), which is compressed with BinHex. When extracted you will have all of the TeXsis source files in one folder. Each distribution has a file called MANIFEST in the first bundle which lists all of the files that should be in the current distribution and a summary of what they contain (the most important files are also listed below). Each distribution has a file called INSTALL which will help you obtain installation instructions. If you find TeXsis useful you may want to send a short e-mail message to texsis(at)texsis.org to be put on the mailing list for any notices of updates or changes. FILES Install.tex brief installation instructions, in PLAIN TeX. texsis.tex main source code. Manual.tex main file for the Manual Manual.dvi preprocessed DVI version of the manual TXS*.tex TeXsis source code modules. TXS*.doc TeXsis manual source (written in TeXsis). TXSsite.tex Local site customization instructions. TXSpatch.tex Run time patch file (like a system TeXsis.rc file). TXSmods.tex Run time init file (read from current directory or search path). texsis.1 Unix manual page for TeXsis. Makefile Make instructions for texsis and the Manual in Unix make.COM DCL command file to make texsis.fmt on Vax/VMS. make.BAT Batch file to make texsis.fmt for IBM PC/TeX. texsis.BAT Batch file to run TeXsis on IBM PC/TeX. AUTHORS Eric Myers Department of Physics and Astronomy Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 USA and Frank E. Paige Physics Department Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York 11973 USA