On Thursday 27 March 2008 09:26, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, William R. Buckley wrote:
> > Looking for all such information. Can't really afford to buy the book by
> > Knuth, and since he won't allow one to process the public source, I guess
> > I have to find alternative means to acquire the *knowledge of minutia*
> > that seems concomitant with TeXspeak and TeXpublishing.
>
> I just bought a copy of the TeXbook via amazon. Very low price.
>
> Regardless, a functional desk holds: "Guide to LaTeX, 4th Ed." by Kopka
> and Daly, "The LaTeX Companion, 2nd Ed." by Mittlebach and Goosens, and
> "The LaTeX Grahics Companion, 2nd Ed." by Goosens, Mittlebach, Rahtz,
> Rogel, and Voss.
Hi Rich,
I think the above list costs a couple hundred bucks. For someone like you or
me, whose career depends on LaTeX, that's no big deal, but the person just
getting his or her feet wet might not want to take such a big plunge.
A few free Ebook classics like LaTeX2E by Lamport, "The Not So Short
Introduction to LaTeX2E" by Oetiker, Partl, Hyna and Schlegl (especially
good), can get one started until the committment to purchase books can be
raised.
Once again, my experience is that learning TeX before learning LaTeX is a
*must*. TeX is easy to learn, and once the learner knows TeX, LaTeX will make
much more sense.
SteveT
Steve Litt
Books written in LyX:
Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist
Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
