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

H.1. Brief description of the L AT E X commands 587
\thispagestyle{style} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.2) – 42
Changes the page style for the current page only. Possible values for
style are: plain, empty, headings, and myheadings.
\tilde{x} [m] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.9) – 129
Produces a tilde (squiggle) over the math variable x: \tilde{a} =
ã.
\Tilde{x} [m][a] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12.2.2) – 263
With the amsmath package, can be used like \tilde, but with multiple
A M S-L AT E X math accents the positioning will be correct.
\tiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4.1.2) – 62
Switches to the smallest font size available \tiny, smaller than
\scriptsize.
\times [m] produces × . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.3) – 125
\title{text} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.3.1) – 52
Enters the text for the title page that is produced by \maketitle.
\to [m] produces → . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.5) – 127
\today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.5.11), (D.4.2) – 27, 461
Prints the current date in the American fashion. This form may be
changed to British or to that of other languages by redefining the
command with the help of the internal T E X commands \day, \month,
and \year.
\top [m] produces ⊤ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.6) – 127
\topfigrule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7.3) – 173
A command that is executed after a float at the top of a page. It is
normally defined to do nothing, but may be redefined to add a rule
between the float and the main text. It must not add any net vertical
spacing.
\renewcommand{\topfigrule}{\vspace*{-.4pt}
\rule{\columnwidth}{.4pt}}
\topfraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7.3) – 172
The maximum fraction of a page that may be occupied at the top by
floats at the top of the page. A new value is assigned with
\renewcommand{\topfraction}{decimal frac}
\topmargin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.2.5) – 48
The size of the margin from the top of the page to the page head. A
new value may be assigned by the \setlength command:
\setlength{topmargin}{0.5in}