Errata and Addenda, Guide to LaTeX, 3rd ed.

Helmut Kopka and Patrick W Daly

As of March 9, 2000

The following is a list of errors and updates that have been discovered since the first printing of the third edition. There were no changes in the 2nd printing. The first set of changes were included in the 3rd printing, March 2000.

(This printing contains the Addison-Wesley logo in a blue square at the lower left on the cover, whereas earlier printings had a red logo at this location.)

Those corrections marked with question marks have yet to be fixed.
Page
Printing
viii
3
Goossens, not Goosens
4
3
Goossens, not Goosens
8
3
6th line: should be "in addition", not "in additional"
9
3
Goossens, not Goosens
16
3
3rd line: optional arguments appear in square braces
21
3
Add reference to printing euro symbol in special character section
47
3
middle, remove backslashes before This (3 times)
95
3
7th line up: "third l|", not "third r|"
102
3
2nd line: "behaves same as \raisebox ..." (there is an extra { here)
109
3
3rd line: "(here =) is the delimiter"
132
3
last line of sample text of "It is possible to nest. . . " should be y \\ z \end{array} \right) \]
151
3
Goossens, not Goosens
167
3
Goossens, not Goosens
177
3
list of color commands: col_spec to be same italic font as in text, not slanted typewriter
178
3
examples of \definecolor must have all 3 arguments in curly braces
205
3
line 9 up: \hfill, not \hfill}
206
3
middle, \noindent\slshape Comment: (add colon)
207
3
\renewenvironment{\comment} should be \renewenvironment{comment}
"
3
same definition: use \itshape instead of \it
227
3
index example, "as environments" comes after "arguments"
243
3
replace mfnfss with cyrillic, reflecting change in CTAN
"
3
Goossens, not Goosens
309
3
Add missing } at end of \ps@headings definition
328
3
Goossens, not Goosens
330
3
Goossens, not Goosens
363
3
Goossens, not Goosens
374
3
Last two lines overlap with lines above
375
3
Two lines from previous page moved to below table
376
3
2nd line up, "obtained" not "optained"
389
3
Goossens, not Goosens
401
3
CTAN organization: packages replaced by required
"
3
mfnfss replaced by cyrillic
402
3
packages/tools replaced by required/tools
406
3
packages/amslatex replaced by required/amslatex
410
3
5th line: add \end{subarray} to paradigm
411
3
middle, replace -2-p with -2pt
413
3
7th line up, \dbinom instead of \fbinom
421
3
middle, "an equation*", not "a equation*"
"
3
In Equation E.2, ki-li instead of ki-ki and then below: k_i-l_i instead of k_i-k_i
426
3
Right justify 0 in the cases example
428
3
\usepackage[options]{amsmath} (square not curly brackets)
431
3
2nd line up, \DeclareMathOperator{\End}{End}
452
3
add note on printing euro symbol as sans serif character
514
3
\negthinspace instead of \medspace
549
3
1 pt = 65536 sp
561
3
correct spelling of Goossens (was erroneously Goosens)