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Welcome to GNU TeXmacs |  |
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If you are new to TeXmacs, then you might first want to get some information on how to read the documentation. Click here with your mouse in order to learn more about the conventions which are used throughout the documentation. You may search for words in the documentation by pressing F1. Another important thing you might want to do is to configure TeXmacs so that it will suit your needs best.
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In the
Help →Manual menu, you find the main documentation about how to use TeXmacs. The manual is quite complete, but not very detailed. -
In the
Help →Reference guide menu, you find more detailed documentation about the TeXmacs format, its primitives and environment variables, and the standard style files. -
In the
Help →Tutorial menu, we have started a TeXmacs tutorial. The tutorial is mainly intended for beginners, but the later chapters should also be useful for more experienced users. Unfortunately, the tutorial is not very complete yet. -
The
Help →About menu contains more information about TeXmacs, like information about its authors, how to contact us, and changes in different versions of the program. -
It is always possible to get updated documentation from the web
using
Help →Online help . Documentation in the form of full books is also available inHelp →full manuals . In fact, you may compile such books yourself from any help page usingHelp →full manuals →Compile book . This may take a few minutes though.
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One great thing about free software is that you may adapt the software to fit your own needs and share your experiences with others. In fact, this turns out to be far easier than most people think. Therefore you might wish to learn more about how to contribute to the TeXmacs project. You can also make a donation to us.
If you want to contribute to TeXmacs, or if you want to adapt the
program for some particular purpose, then you will find more useful
information in the