TeX82
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TeX82 is the stable, widely adopted version of Donald Knuth’s TeX typesetting system that became the de facto standard for digital typography and mathematical publishing.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
TeX implementation
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software ⓘ typesetting system ⓘ |
| basedOn | TeX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bugPolicy | only bug fixes allowed ⓘ |
| creator | Donald Knuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deFactoStandardFor |
academic typesetting
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digital mathematical typography ⓘ |
| designGoal |
high‑quality digital typography
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precise mathematical typesetting ⓘ stable and unchanging typesetting system ⓘ |
| developer | Donald Knuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution |
MacTeX
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MiKTeX NERFINISHED ⓘ TeX Live NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fileFormatProduced | DVI ⓘ |
| follows | TeX78 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
TeX82 engine
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font metric handling ⓘ macro language ⓘ |
| implementationLanguage | Pascal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1982 ⓘ |
| influenced |
AMS‑TeX
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ConTeXt NERFINISHED ⓘ LaTeX NERFINISHED ⓘ LuaTeX NERFINISHED ⓘ Plain TeX NERFINISHED ⓘ XeTeX NERFINISHED ⓘ pdfTeX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | TeX family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| license | Knuth license ⓘ |
| licenseCondition | program name must not change for modified versions ⓘ |
| notableFeature | machine‑independent DVI output format ⓘ |
| platform | cross‑platform ⓘ |
| predecessor | TeX78 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | WEB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stableRelease | 1989 ⓘ |
| status | frozen ⓘ |
| supports |
hyphenation
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line breaking algorithm ⓘ macro expansion ⓘ mathematical formulas ⓘ page breaking algorithm ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
mathematical typesetting
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scientific publishing ⓘ technical documentation ⓘ |
| uses |
Knuth–Liang hyphenation algorithm
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Knuth–Plass line breaking algorithm NERFINISHED ⓘ PK bitmap fonts ⓘ TFM font metric files ⓘ |
| versioningPolicy | version number approaches π ⓘ |
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