The change from LaTeX2.09 to LaTeX2e
As of Athena release 8.3 (July, 1999), the default version of LaTeX on
Athena is LaTeX2e. Because 2e can process most 2.09 files without
problems, users should be able to continue to process and print old
files without trouble.
The older version, 2.09, is available in the newtex locker, and can be
accessed by doing:
athena% add newtex
athena% latex209 filename.tex
The main visible syntax change from 2.09 to 2e involves the preamble,
the beginning of a LaTeX file. In most cases, files which had started
with a line like
\documentstyle[epsf]{article}
will change to
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{epsf}
However, arguments to the \documentstyle command which had been
options to the particular style, rather than separate .sty files, will
remain arguments to the \documentclass command, like so:
\documentstyle[12pt,fancyheadings]{report}
will change to
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{fancyheadings}
If you aren't sure whether a particular documentstyle argument is one
or the other, try it in one place and then the other (latex will give
you an warning or an error if you have it in the wrong place, or ask
OLC).
Note that some packages are 2.09 specific, and may not work under
LaTeX 2e. The "tgrind" package is one such, and the "doublespace"
package may cause trouble in conjunction with some 2e graphics
packages.
Last updated: 12/20/99
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