On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 09:52:50AM +0200, mario wrote: > some time ago, I was looking for - and could't find - a decent > self-contained (possibly, on-line) tutorial on how TeX works. I mean, an > explanation on how the underlying algorith work, which is the basic > design, what are the main components. > Is there anything simpler that the original Knuth books?
None that I know about. It's even worse than that. If you really want to see all the corner cases you need to look at the TeX sources. Knuth himself admits in the TeXBook that he isn't always telling the exact truth in the book. And believe me, he indeed isn't... However, the TeXBook gives you a pretty good idea on the rough working of TeX's interna. And possibly some impressions of the fine line between genius and insanity... Andre'
