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10.1.3 LaTeX support

Original LaTeX support (through version 1.30) was substantially incomplete in that LaTeX’s \output routine was usurped by the relatively simple one used for FWEB’s TeX support. However, beginning with version 1.40, full LaTeX support is provided (and Plain TeX is not supported); version 1.50 supports LaTeX2e. LaTeX’s \output routine is used, as are its sectioning commands (with minor changes), Table-of-Contents facilities, etc.

The following discussion is based on LaTeX2e. If LaTeX2e is not installed, FWEAVE recognizes that fact and issues the ‘\documentstyle’ command instead of ‘\documentclass’.

Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to LaTeX2e. A useful book that describes the present state of LaTeX is Goossens, Mittelbach, and Samarin, The LaTeX Companion (Addison–Wesley, Reading, MA, 1994).