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

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H.1. Brief description of the L AT E X comm<strong>and</strong>s 551<br />

\input{file} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9.1.1) – 207<br />

Inserts the contents of the file with the root name file <strong>and</strong> extension<br />

.tex in<strong>to</strong> the current text at the point where the comm<strong>and</strong> appears.<br />

The file that is read in may also contain further \input comm<strong>and</strong>s.<br />

\InputIfFileExists{file name}{true}{false} . . . . . (D.2.8) – 447<br />

Tests if the file file name can be found in the places where LAT EX looks for files; if so, the code true is executed <strong>and</strong> the file is input;<br />

otherwise, false is executed.<br />

\int [m] produces <br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.2.5) – 123<br />

\iint [m][a] produces <br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12.2.2) – 260<br />

\iiint [m][a] produces <br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12.2.2) – 260<br />

\iiiint [m][a] produces <br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . (12.2.2) – 260<br />

\intextsep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7.3) – 172<br />

The vertical spacing between floats in the middle of a page <strong>and</strong> the<br />

surrounding text. A new value is assigned with the \setlength<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>:<br />

\setlength{\intextsep}{10pt plus2pt minus3pt}<br />

\invisible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (15.1.2) – 326<br />

In slides class, a declaration that makes the following text be printed<br />

in ‘invisible ink’, that is, it takes up as much space as though it were<br />

there. It remains in effect until the end of the environment, or end of<br />

the curly braces, in which it was issued, or until \visible is given.<br />

It is used for making overlays.<br />

\iota [m] produces ι . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.1) – 125<br />

\itdefault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A.3.1) – 372<br />

This comm<strong>and</strong> defines the shape attribute that is selected with the<br />

\itshape comm<strong>and</strong>. It may be redefined with \renewcomm<strong>and</strong>:<br />

\renewcomm<strong>and</strong>{\itdefault}{it}<br />

\item[label] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4.3), (4.4.1) – 69, 74<br />

Produces a label <strong>and</strong> the start of an item text in a list environment.<br />

Without the optional argument, the label is generated according <strong>to</strong><br />

the type of environment, for example numbers for the enumerate<br />

environment. The optional argument inserts label in place of this<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard item label.<br />

\item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9.4.1) – 225<br />

Produces a main entry in theindex environment.<br />

\itemindent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4.4.2) – 77<br />

The amount by which the label <strong>and</strong> the text of the first line after each<br />

\item is indented in a list environment. The st<strong>and</strong>ard value is 0 pt,<br />

but a new value may be assigned with the \setlength comm<strong>and</strong>:<br />

\setlength{\itemindent}{1em}

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