2. What is TeX?
- A typesetting system — not a word-processor:
- a computerised programmable formatting system;
- a special purpose programming language based upon macro-expansion.
Writing a document — Writing a computer programme
This encourages:
- structure;
- separation of style and content;
- modular construction of document.
- In the public domain:
- open source (free as in speech);
- available on MS Windows, Unix, Linux, Apple Mac.,...
- free (as in beer);
- Many distributions:
teTeX (Unix),
MiKTeX (Windows)...