Index of texmf/doc/knuth/
This page provides access to documentation from Donald Knuth
about various aspects of TeX:
These manuals are distributed only for people to see the
examples of TeX input, not for use in the preparation of books
like The TeXbook or The TeXbook.
These manuals are copyrighted and should not be TeXed!
- texbook.tex
- This file is the TeX source of The TeXbook
by Donald E. Knuth, last updated in August 1998.
- mfbook.tex
- This file is the TeX source of The METAFONTbook
by Donald E. Knuth, last updated in August 1998.
- mfman.mf
- This file is the METAFONT source of most of the figures
in the The METAFONTbook. It can be run
through METAFONT and GFtoDVI to produce proof sheets.
- story.tex
- This is the canonical example file for TeX which is
described in Chapter 6 of The TeXbook.
- io.mf
- This is the canonical example file for METAFONT which is
described in Chapter 5 of The METAFONTbook.
- expr.mf
- This is another example file for METAFONT which is
described in Chapter 8 of The METAFONTbook.
- The Error Log of TeX (DVI)
- This is an updated version of the appendix of the paper
The Errors of TeX, last updated in March 1995.
It includes a chronological listing of all changes and bug
fixes in TeX (both TeX78 and TeX82) that have been
applied since March 1978.
- tex82.bug
- This is a chronological listing of all changes and bug
fixes in TeX (specifically TeX82) that have been
applied since September 1982.
- mf84.bug
- This is a chronological listing of all changes and bug
fixes in METAFONT (specifcally MF84) that have been
applied since March 1984.
- cm85.bug
- This is a chronological listing of all changes and bug
fixes in the Computer Modern fonts (CM85) that have been
applied since April 1985.
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The WEB System of Structured Documentation (DVI)
- This is an abridged version of the manual that describes
the WEB system. Not included here are the WEB listings of
the
tangle and weave programs.
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Literate Programming (DVI)
- This is an online version of the article
Literate Programming by Donald E. Knuth
published in The Computer Journal 1984
that describes the philosophy of the WEB system.
- primes.web
- This is the WEB source of the example program discussed
in the article Literate Programming.
(A PASCAL program to print a table of prime numbers.)
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A torture test for TeX (DVI)
- This is an abridged version of the manual that describes
the
trip test, a torture test for TeX.
(Most of the appendices have been left out since nobody
really would want to read that anyway.)
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A torture test for METAFONT (DVI)
- This is an abridged version of the manual that describes
the
trap test, a torture test for METAFONT.
(Most of the appendices have been left out since nobody
really would want to read that anyway.)