CJTCS Author Instructions, Approved LaTeX
Appendixes: approved, discouraged, and prohibited LaTeX features
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Approved LaTeX Commands and Features}
In Macros for Mathematical Formulae Only
LaTeX Commands and Features to Avoid
Prohibited LaTeX Commands and Features
You are especially encouraged to use the following LaTeX features:
- Commands
- \section, \subsection,
\subsubsection, \appendix, \title,
\author, \thanks, \maketitle,
\newtheorem, \caption, \bibliography,
\em, \item, \\, \label,
\ref, \cite, \nocite, \text,
\intertext, all of the
LaTeX and AMS-LaTeX commands producing the usual textual and
mathematical symbols.
- Environments
- document, abstract, itemize,
enumerate, description, math, displaymath,
equation, eqnarray, theorem-like environments,
quote, figure, table, array,
tabular, cases, Sb, Sp,
CD, align,
gather, alignat, multiline, split.
- Document styles and options
- article, epsf, amstex, amsbsy,
amscd, amsfonts, amssymb,
amstext.
As much as possible, use \mathstyleclass from {\tt
cjauthor.tex and \newcommand to hide the type style
choices and spaciing commands below within macro definitions.
- Commands
- \rm, \bf, \it,
\sl, \sf, \sc, \tt,
\cal, \!, \,, \:,
\;, \Bbb, \boldsymbol,
\frak, \pmb, \smash,
\operatorname, \operatornamewithlimits.
Avoid the following LaTeX features as much as possible. When you
really need them, try to embed them in meaningful macro definitions.
- Commands: \vspace, \noindent,
\indent, \linebreak, \nolinebreak,
\nopagebreak, \samepage, \fill,
\stretch, \hspace, \vspace,
\bigskip, \medskip, \smallskip,
\addvspace, \sloppy, \fussy,
\raisebox.
- Environments: tabbing.
- Change style parameters: \topsep,
\partopsep, \itemsep, \parsep,
\itemindent, \labelsep, \labelwidth,
\makelabel, \jot, \arraycolsep,
\tabcolsep, \arrayrulewidth,
\doublerulesep, \arraystretch.
- Read style parameters: all style parameters.
- Length units: em, ex.
You should not use the following LaTeX features. If you think that
you really need them, please contact me.
- Commands: \pagenumbering, \pagestyle,
\thispagestyle, \pagebreak,
\marginpar, \reversemarginpar,
\normalmarginpar, \part, \chapter,
\markright, \markboth, \twocolumn,
\onecolumn, \clearpage, \verb,
\bibitem, \input, \include,
\typeout, \typein.
- Environments: titlepage, verbatim,
thebibiliography, theindex
- Change style parameters: \textwidth,
\linewidth, parindent, \baselineskip,
\baselinestretch, parskip, \footnotesep,
\footnoterule, secnumdepth, \tocdepth,
\bibindent, \columnsep,
\columnseprule, \mathindent,
\oddsidemanrgin, \evensidemargin,
\marginparwidth, \marginparsep, \topmargin,
\headheight, \headsep,
\textheight, \textwidth, \topskip,
\footheight, \footskip, \leftmargin,
\rightmargin, \listparindent,
\mathindent, \abovedisplayskip,
\belowdisplayskip, \abovedisplayshortskip,
\belowdisplayshortskip, topnumber, \topfraction,
bottomnumber, \bottomfraction, totalnumber,
\textfraction, \floatpagefraction,
\dbltopnumber, \dbltopfraction,
\dblfloatpagefraction, \floatsep,
\textfloatsep, \intextsep, \dblfloatsep,
\dbltextfloatsep, \marginparwidth,
\marginparsep, \marginparpush,
\tabbingsep, \fboxrule, \fboxsep.
- Length units: cm, in,
pc, pt, mm.
- Document styles and options: all those not listed as
approved.
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Last modified: Fri Mar 31 08:49:07 1995