Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:00:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> Cc: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: teTeX, latex, Lyx Books Message-ID: <19971222130017.30553@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <349C9323.1A640FA@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>; from Ruslan Shevchenko on Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 03:55:16AM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971221191632.2278A-100000@barnowl> <349C9323.1A640FA@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>
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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
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