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

560 Appendix H. Command Summary
\mdseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4.1.3), (A.2) – 64, 371
This declaration switches to a font in the current family and shape,
but with the medium series attribute.
\medskip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.7.3) – 32
Inserts large vertical spacing of the amount \medskipamount. See
also \bigskip and \smallskip.
\medskipamount
Standard value for the amount of vertical spacing that is inserted
with the command \medskip. May be changed with the \setlength
command:
\setlength{\medskipamount}{3ex plus1ex minus1ex}
\medspace [m][a] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12.2.5) – 269
With the amsmath package, this is an alias for \:, a medium space in
a math formula.
\MessageBreak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D.2.7) – 446
Forces a new line in the texts of error, warning, and information messages.
These are the only places where it may be invoked, otherwise
it does nothing.
\mho [m] produces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.6) – 127
\mid [m] produces | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.4) – 126
\min [m] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.8) – 128
Command to produce the function name ‘min’ in formulas. A lower
limit may be set as a subscript.
\mod{arg} [m][a] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12.2.5) – 268
With the amsopn or amsmath packages, command to produce the
function name ‘mod’ in formulas in the form:
y\mod{a+b} = y mod a + b
\models [m] produces ⊨ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.4) – 126
\mp [m] produces ∓ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.3) – 125
\mspace{mu} [m][a] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12.2.5) – 269
With the amsmath package, inserts spacing in math formulas; mu is
a math space in units of mu (=1/18 em): \mspace{-4mu}.
\mu [m] produces µ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.1) – 125
\multicolumn{n}{col}{text} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4.8.1) – 97
Merges the next n columns in the array and tabular environments,
formatting the text entry text according to the single column definition
col, which may be l, c, r as well as |.