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

H.1. Brief description of the L AT E X commands 515
\AtEndOfClass{code} [p] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D.2.4) – 444
Stores the code to be inserted into the processing stream when the
current class file has finished being read. May only be given in a class
file, or in another file that is read by a class file. May be used by a
local configuration file to overwrite defaults in the class file itself.
\AtEndOfPackage{code} [p] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D.2.4) – 444
Stores the code to be inserted into the processing stream when the
current package file has finished being read. May only be given in a
package file, or in another file that is read by a package file. May be
used by a local configuration file to overwrite defaults in the package
file itself.
\author{name} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.3.1) – 53
Enters the author name(s) for a title page produced by the
\maketitle command.
\b{x} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.5.7) – 24
Command to produce an underbar accent: \b{o} = ō.
\backmatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.3.5) – 57
In the book class, introduces the material that comes at the end
(bibliography, index) by turning off the chapter numbering of the
\chapter command.
\backslash [m] produces \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.6) – 127
\bar{x} [m] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.9) – 129
Macron accent over the math variable x: \bar{a} = ā.
\Bar{x} [m][a] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12.2.2) – 263
With the amsmath package, can be used like \bar, but with multiple
A M S-L AT E X math accents the positioning will be correct.
\baselineskip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.2.4) – 46
Interline spacing within a paragraph. Every font has its own internal
line spacing. A new value (a rubber length) may be assigned with
\setlength:
\setlength{\baselineskip}{12pt plus2pt minus1pt}
\baselinestretch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.2.4), (4.1.2) – 46, 63
A factor with the normal value of 1 by which the internal length
\baselineskip is multiplied to produce the actual interline spacing.
May be changed with:
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{factor}
The new value takes effect after the next change in font size!