On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 09:34:00AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 01:10:15PM +0100, Ari Constancio wrote: > > On 9/2/07, Ari Constancio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I suppose I'll have to get a copy. This is not the first time I have > > > > seen that recommendation. It is just that I prefer to use online > > > > resources. TeX/LaTeX seems unique in lacking a good online manual. > > > > > > Probably because there *is* a good online manual, called "The not so > > > Short Introduction to LaTeX2e" (http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/). > > > > The link is http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf
Thanks, yes: I have read that, more than once. It is a good introduction, but IMHO no more than that. > > Funny, I have that doc on my Etch system as part of one of the Texlive > doc packages. Try running texdoctk. You'll get a selection of online > manuals. Click on one and the correct viewer will pop up. Yes, I had spotted that it was installed on mine too. texdoctk was new to me, though. I had to install perl-tk and tetex-doc, but after that, --wow! There is a lot of additional information there! Thanks Douglas -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]