Cannot use \tex inside of \title{...}

Question

I cannot use \tex inside the \title{...} since it fails on the \maketitle command. When I remove the \tex, the file is built correctly.

\begin{titlepage}
     \title{
           \normalfont
           \LARGE University name \\[25pt]
           \rule{\linewidth}{1pt} \\[0.4cm]
           \huge Semestral work XXX \\
           \rule{\linewidth}{1pt} \\[0.6cm]
           \Large Rewritten in the \tex typesetting system \\[0.5cm]  % probable cause %
      }
      \author{Nikolas Charalambidis}
      \date{\normalsize{7. 5. 2019}}
      \maketitle                                                      % failing %
      \thispagestyle{empty}
\end{titlepage}

The error is (I use TexMaker):

Undefined control sequence.@title ...\[0.6cm] \Large Rewritten in the \textypesetting system \[0.5cm] \maketitle

One very very important thing, you have two possibilities: either using \title{stuff} and \maketitle to get the predefined title page; or use titlepage to define a title page of your own. Do not mix them up. — Johannes_B, May 09 '19 at 06:52

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '19 at 11:09

(La)TeX control sequences are case-sensitive, for example \Sigma is different from \sigma. The command \tex is not defined yet. You need \TeX.

In your document, \TeX is followed by a space. The compiler ignores this. To add the space, you may want to read this question. Personally I prefer the \TeX\ typesetting to the \TeX{} typesetting.

Note that TeX is not LaTeX. You may want to write \LaTeX there, because your document is written in LaTeX, not TeX. \LaTeXe, to produce "LaTeX 2e", fits even better.

Cannot use \tex inside of \title{...}

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