Guide to LaTeX (4th Edition) (Tools and Techniques

H.1. Brief description of the L AT E X commands 513
\addtocontents{file}{entry} . . . . . . . . (3.4.3), (3.4.4) – 59, 60
Manual addition of entry into the list file.toc,.lof, or.lot, according
to the value of file. Example:
\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\newpage}
\addtocounter{counter}{number} . . . . . . . . . . (8.1.3) – 182
Adds number to the current value of the number stored in counter.
\addtolength{length name}{length} . . . . . . . . . . (8.2) – 184
Adds the quantity length to the current value of the length command
\length name.
\addvspace{length} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8.2) – 185
Inserts vertical spacing of amount length between paragraphs at the
point where the command is given. If other vertical spacing exists,
the total will not exceed length.
\AE produces Æ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.5.6) – 24
\ae produces æ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.5.6) – 24
\aleph [m] produces ℵ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.6) – 127
\allowdisplaybreaks[num] [p][a] . . . . . . . . . . (12.2.7) – 278
With the amsmath package, allows automatic page breaks to occur
within multiline math formulas. If num is present, it takes a value
of 0–4 to increase the ease with which page breaks occur. Without
this command, a manual page break can be made at the end of any
formula line with \displaybreak.
\Alph{counter} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8.1.4) – 183
Prints the current value of counter as a capital letter.
\alph{counter} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8.1.4) – 183
Prints the current value of counter as a lower case letter.
\alpha [m] produces α . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.1) – 125
\alsoname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D.4.1) – 460
Command for use in the makeidx package. It prints the text for a
command \seealso. In English, this is ‘see also’ but may be altered
for adaptation to other languages.
\amalg [m] produces ∐ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.3) – 125
\and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.3.1) – 53
Used to separate author names within the \author command for
generating a title page with \maketitle.
\angle [m] produces ∠ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.6) – 127
\appendixname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D.4.1) – 460
Command containing the heading for the appendix. In English, this
is ‘Appendix’ but may be altered for adaptation to other languages.