Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 16:55:51 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: mallison@konnections.com Cc: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: teTeX, latex, Lyx Books Message-ID: <19971222165551.29241@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <349DEBE0.3AA@konnections.com>; from Mike Allison on Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 09:26:08PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971221191632.2278A-100000@barnowl> <349C9323.1A640FA@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> <19971222130017.30553@lemis.com> <349C9CB0.BE5D4BD0@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> <349DEBE0.3AA@konnections.com>
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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
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