Re: TeX vs LaTeX

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi Joost,

>> Weird. Searching on Google for `textem latex' results in
>> 4,930 results, whose two of them are the following:
>
> but sometimes things change in latex.
>
>>     ,----[ Introduction to LaTeX ]
>>     |
>>     | LaTeX provides lots of typestyles. Below is a list of some of
>>     | the styles. To get italics, you can type \textit{italics}:
>>     |
>>     |     * \textem - Emphasis (toggles between \it and \rm)
>>     `----
>
> that document is twelve years old.
>
>> or
>>
>>     ,----[ a short introduction ]
>>     |
>>     | Marking up text
>>     | Emphasis: {\em ...} or \textem{...}
>>     `----
>
> that one's 14 years old.
>
> \textem may have existed at one point, but it doesn't exist
> anymore. (at least, *my* latex install doesn't know about it.
> it throws up an error when i use it.) use \emph instead, which
> is what you'll find in any recent latex-intro.

OK, you're right. Thanks for pointing that out!!

But that doesn't change the essence of my question... ;-)

Seb

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Sébastien Vauban