Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 18:39:52 -0700 From: Mike Allison <mallison@konnections.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: teTeX, latex, Lyx Books Message-ID: <349F1668.380@konnections.com> 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> <19971222165551.29241@lemis.com>
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The TeXBook is good for understanding about TeX sorta like the Boeing 767 owners manual would be good for pilots. Sometimes the forest is lost for the trees..... Not to knock the book, nor the author, you just need a couple of decades to work everything out.... -Mike Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > 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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