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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT SIZE=1>Xy-pic User's Guide</FONT> <A HREF="18pt.html"><IMG SRC="./quest.gif" ALIGN=TOP HEIGHT=27 WIDTH=21 BORDER=0 ALT="?"></A><A NAME="tex2html73" HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=27 HEIGHT=27 BORDER=0 ALIGN=ABSMIDDLE ALT="previous" SRC="./previous.gif"></A><A NAME="tex2html77" HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=27 HEIGHT=27 BORDER=0 ALIGN=ABSMIDDLE ALT="previous" SRC="./previoussection.gif"></A><A NAME="tex2html79" HREF="xyguide-html.html"><IMG WIDTH=27 HEIGHT=27 BORDER=0 ALIGN=ABSMIDDLE ALT="up" SRC="./up.gif"></A><A NAME="tex2html75" HREF="node3.html"><IMG WIDTH=27 HEIGHT=27 BORDER=0 ALIGN=ABSMIDDLE ALT="next" SRC="./nextsection.gif"></A><A NAME="tex2html81" HREF="node3.html"><IMG WIDTH=27 HEIGHT=27 BORDER=0 ALIGN=ABSMIDDLE ALT="next" SRC="./next.gif"></A></P><H1><A NAME="SECTION00020000000000000000">Preface</A></H1>This guide explains some features of Xy-pic that are relevant to
typesetting of "matrix-like diagrams" as used in, for example,
category theory; please refer to the reference
manual [<A HREF="node34.html#RM95:Xy-picRM">8</A>] for complete information on the described
constructions. The guide assumes that you have some experience in
using TeX for typesetting mathematics, <I>e.g.</I>, have
studied [<A HREF="node34.html#K84:TeXbook">2</A>, ch. 16-19,], [<A HREF="node34.html#L94:LaTeX">3</A>, sec. 3.3,],
or [<A HREF="node34.html#S90:JoyT">9</A>], and that Xy-pic is installed on your TeX
system as described in the <code>INSTALL</code> file accompanying the
distribution.
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The first section describes what you need to get started, in
particular all that is needed to typeset the diagram in the abstract.
Section <A HREF="node11.html#arrows">2</A> and <A HREF="node21.html#entries">3</A> explain advanced use of arrows and
entries, respectively. Finally, section <A HREF="node28.html#avail">4</A> explains where and
under what conditions Xy-pic is available, gives the relation of
version 3.3 to previous versions, and lists further sources
of information.
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Throughout we give exercises that you should be able to solve as you
go along; all exercises are answered at the end just prior to the
references and index.
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