Text.LaTeX.Commands

Here, principal LaTeX commands and environments.

Document's Properties

documentclass :: [ClassOption] -> Class -> LaTeX

In header, determines the document class.

usepackage :: [PackageOption] -> Package -> LaTeX

In header, import a package.

pagestyle :: Style -> LaTeX

In header, determines page style.

thispagestyle :: Style -> LaTeX

A local version of pagestyle, to use for any page.

author :: Name -> LaTeX

In header, especifies the document's author.

title :: Title -> LaTeX

In header, especifies the document's title.

Document Environment

document :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Text order

lnbk :: LaTeX

Starts a new line.

lnbk_ :: LaTeX

pfbk :: LaTeX

Starts a new paragraph.

newpage :: LaTeX

Starts a new page.

linebreak :: Int -> LaTeX

nolinebreak :: Int -> LaTeX

pagebreak :: Int -> LaTeX

nopagebreak :: Int -> LaTeX

fussy :: LaTeX

sloppy :: LaTeX

endsen :: LaTeX

frenchspacing :: LaTeX

par :: LaTeX

Importing

include :: FilePath -> LaTeX

includeonly :: [FilePath] -> LaTeX

input :: FilePath -> LaTeX

Hyphenation

hyphenation :: [Word] -> LaTeX

hyp :: LaTeX

Pre-made

today :: LaTeX

Writes current date.

tex :: LaTeX

TeX nice word.

latex :: LaTeX

LaTeX nice word.

latexe :: LaTeX

LaTeX2e nice word.

Sections

section :: Title -> LaTeX

section_ :: Title -> LaTeX

sectiontab :: Title -> Title -> LaTeX

subsection :: Title -> LaTeX

subsection_ :: Title -> LaTeX

subsectiontab :: Title -> Title -> LaTeX

subsubsection :: Title -> LaTeX

subsubsection_ :: Title -> LaTeX

subsubsectiontab :: Title -> Title -> LaTeX

paragraph :: Title -> LaTeX

paragraph_ :: Title -> LaTeX

paragraphtab :: Title -> Title -> LaTeX

subparagraph :: Title -> LaTeX

subparagraph_ :: Title -> LaTeX

subparagraphtab :: Title -> Title -> LaTeX

part :: Title -> LaTeX

part_ :: Title -> LaTeX

parttab :: Title -> Title -> LaTeX

chapter :: Title -> LaTeX

chapter_ :: Title -> LaTeX

chaptertab :: Title -> Title -> LaTeX

appendix :: LaTeX

maketitle :: LaTeX

Generates the title page.

tableofcontents :: LaTeX

Generates the table of contents.

frontmatter :: LaTeX

mainmatter :: LaTeX

backmatter :: LaTeX

Cross references

label :: Marker -> LaTeX

ref :: Marker -> LaTeX

pageref :: Marker -> LaTeX

Footnotes

footnote :: Text -> LaTeX

Adds a given text to the page's footnote.

Emphasized

underline :: Text -> LaTeX

Underlines a text.

emph :: Text -> LaTeX

Emphasizes a text.

Environments

itemize :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

enumerate :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

description :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

item :: [ItemOption] -> LaTeX

flushleft :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Left alignment.

flushright :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Right alignment.

center :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Center alignment.

quote :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Quote from a text.

quotation :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Like quote, but indenting the first line of each paragraph.

verse :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

abstract :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Use abstract to create an abstract, containing the argument's text.

verbatim :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

A text within the verbatim environment has monospaced font and no commands or environments will be executed.

verbatim_ :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Like verbatim, but it makes visible the spaces.

verb :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

An inline version of verbatim.

verb_ :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

An inline version of verbatim_.

Floating Bodies

figure :: [PlacementSpecifier] -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

table :: [PlacementSpecifier] -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

caption :: Text -> LaTeX

listoffigures :: LaTeX

listoftables :: LaTeX

clearpage :: LaTeX

cleardoublepage :: LaTeX

Customizing

newcommand :: Name -> [Int] -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

renewcommand :: Name -> [Int] -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

providecommand :: Name -> [Int] -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

newenvironment :: Name -> [Int] -> LaTeX -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

ignorespaces :: LaTeX

ignorespacesafterend :: LaTeX

providesPackage :: Name -> LaTeX

Fonts

Format

textrm :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Roman font

texttt :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Monospaced font

textmd :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Medium font

textup :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Upright font

textsl :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Slanted font

textsf :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Sans Serif font

textbf :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Bold font

textit :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Italic font

textsc :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Small Caps font

textnormal :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Default font

Size

Differents fonts size are sorted from lowest to highest.

tiny :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

scriptsize :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

footnotesize :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

small :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

normalsize :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

large :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

large2 :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

large3 :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

huge :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

huge2 :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Spacing

linespread :: Float -> LaTeX

hspace :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Creates an horizontal spaces with length specified by the argument. See Text.LaTeX.Arguments to create a correct argument.

hspace_ :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Same as hspace, but it ignores start or end of lines.

vspace :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Vertical version of hspace. Useful to separate two paragraphs.

vspace_ :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Same as vspace, but it ignores start or end of pages.

stretch :: Int -> LaTeX

skip :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

Like vspace, but for lines of the same paragraph. bigskip and smallskip use skip with predefined arguments.

bigskip :: LaTeX

smallskip :: LaTeX

Boxes

mbox :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

mbox_ :: LaTeX

fbox :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

parbox :: [Char] -> Width -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

minipage :: [Char] -> Width -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

makebox :: [Width] -> [Char] -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

framebox :: [Width] -> [Char] -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

raisebox :: Lift -> [Extend] -> [Extend] -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

Tabular

type Tabular = LaTeX

cjustified :: Width -> LaTeX

csep :: LaTeX -> LaTeX

tabular :: [LaTeX] -> LaTeX -> LaTeX -> Tabular

The tabular environment can be used to creates tables.

• First argument specifies vertical position: "c" (center), "t" (top) and "b" (bottom). Example: ["t"]
• Second argument specifies table's format: "l" (left-aligned text column), "r" (right-aligned text column), "c" (center text column), cjustified (justified text column) and "|" (vertical line). Example: "|l|r|"
• Third argument refers to table's content: hline inserts an horizontal line, cline inserts a partial horizontal line, (&) separates columns and (//) separates rows.

(&) :: LaTeX -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

(//) :: LaTeX -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

hline :: LaTeX

Insert an horizontal line in a tabular.

cline

Arguments

:: Int

Start column

-> Int

End column

-> LaTeX

Insert a partial horizontal line in a tabular.

multicolumn :: Int -> LaTeX -> LaTeX -> LaTeX

type LxMatrix = [[LaTeX]]

matrixTab :: [LaTeX] -> LaTeX -> LxMatrix -> Tabular

A matrix version of tabular. First and second arguments are equal. The generated tabular has the same rows and columns as the matrix.

Others

protect :: LaTeX

phantom :: LaTeX -> LaTeX