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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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Subject: Re: teTeX, latex, Lyx Books
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On Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 09:26:08PM -0700, Mike Allison wrote:
> Here's some titles I have used and abused to my heart's content:
>
> "A Guide to Latex2e" (2nd ed) Kopka & Daly
> "The Latex Companion" Goosens Mittelbach and Samarin
>
> and an excellent beginners guide for Plain Tex:
>
> "A Plain Tex Primer" Malcolm Clark
>
> I started with Tex so Clark's was the first I bought.  I still refer to
> it often, even in Latex.
>
> Stay away from earlier Latex books like Hahn's (unless it's been
> updated), as they deal with the older Latex 2.09 which has substantial
> differences.

The one I (still sometimes) use is "TeX for the impatient", by Paul
Abrahams.  I still don't think it's the perfect book on TeX, but it'll
save you the hair-tearing frustration engendered by the TeXbook.

Greg