CTAN documentation update: Getting up and running with AMS-LaTeX, Version 2.1

CTAN Announcements ctan-ann at dante.de
Mon Jun 22 11:52:37 CEST 2009


the snitchy little upload daemon whispered in my ear:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: Getting up and running with AMS-LaTeX, Version 2.1
> Author's name: Philip S. Hirschhorn
> Location on CTAN: tex-archive/info/amslatex/primer/
> Summary description: A primer on using AMS-LaTeX
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is version 2.1 of "Getting up and running with AMS-LaTeX"
> (contained in the file amshelp.tex), and its template file
> template.tex. 
> 
> This is an attempt to get you up and running with AmS-LaTeX as quickly
> as possible.  These instructions (along with the template file
> template.tex) won't be a substitute for the full documentation, but
> they may get you started quickly enough so that you'll only need to
> refer to the main documentation occasionally. 
> 
> The major additions in this version are:
> 
> 1. A new section describing how to draw commutative diagrams using Xy-pic.
> 
> 2. A new section describing how to use amsrefs to create a bibliography.
> 
> 3. An expanded description of the environments for displayed mathematics.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/amslatex-primer.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/info/amslatex/primer/

i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository.
one small -- but important -- change to the catalogue entry (removing
the last paragraph of the description) was not committed last night, so
the web page will change again overnight tonight.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team




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