2 Manual Format

This chapter describes the manual format used to generate the GAP manual and the on-line help. The TeX source of the manual is also used to generate the on-line help. Therefore some restrictions apply to the TeX macros one should use. These restriction are described in sections TeX Macros and Examples, Lists, and Verbatim.

The first sections The main file and Chapters and Sections describe the general layout of the files in case you need to write your own package documentation.

Sections

1. The Main File
2. Chapters and Sections
3. TeX Macros
4. Examples, Lists, and Verbatim
5. Testing the Examples
6. Using TeX Macros
7. Umlauts
8. Producing a Manual

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