The package was produced in response to a perceived demand from users for the sorts of facilities that LaTeX provides. (In the event, most such users use .)

The distribution comprises TeX source and set of fonts (as Metafont source) that are used in the package's commutative diagram macros.

Furthermore, two applications are associated with LamsTeX, an that deals with LamsTeX's indexing commands, and .

The author is Michael Spivak. The package is Copyright © 1989,1990,1991 The Texplorators Corporation.