From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 21 18:30:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA17902 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 18:30:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA17895 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 18:30:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA03691; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:00:17 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971222130017.30553@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:00:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Ruslan Shevchenko Cc: John Kenagy , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: teTeX, latex, Lyx Books References: <349C9323.1A640FA@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <349C9323.1A640FA@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>; from Ruslan Shevchenko on Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 03:55:16AM +0000 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 03:55:16AM +0000, Ruslan Shevchenko wrote: > John Kenagy wrote: > >> Now that I've about got a behemoth of a text processing system >> loaded up. I need to know how to use it!;-) >> >> Anybody got any reccomended books on latex, tex (teTeX), etc.? > > > 1. TeX book by D. Knuth. Read this and watch your brain turn to mush. I think it's one of the most useless books I've come across. It's full of arcania, and instead of telling you what to do, it presents everything as a series of problems. As if TeX wasn't enough of a problem by itself. 2. LaTeX users quide by L. Lamport. This book is better. But then, so are most books. As may be evident, I don't like TeX. It's not for want of trying; I used it exclusively for several years. Troff was like a breath of fresh air. Don't take this as a criticism of lyx; I haven't tried lyx, and if it hides the obscenities of TeX well, it could be quite useful. Greg