Praseed, > >Hi All , > i had purchased a book on latex (spelled as "latech") long back. It is > still
>lying in > >my shelf as i am writing it. > The BEST book I've read on LaTeX is this "Formatting Information" [PDF]: http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb23-2/tb74flynn.pdf Not many places recommend it, instead going by LaTeX beginner's guide etc. I guarantee the above to be the best beginner / intermediate info out there. Do read a review here: [PDF]: http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2006-3/venugopal-review/venugopal-review.pdf >Mathematical typesetting features of latex is highly rated. In fact , Latex is >derived from >Tex written by Donald Knuth ( of the Art of Computer Programming fame ) and >the >term LaTeX is NOT derived from TeX. LaTeX is a set of macros on top of TeX which eases use of TeX. Plain TeX is VERY VERY hard to use. Believe me, I've tried, you wouldn't want to use it. >literate programming (writing documentation as you go ) was coined by Knuth ( >spelled as "Kanooth" ) while writing the software. Modern Documentation >extractors like JavaDoc,CppDoc and NDoc owes it origin to this. So does modern computing owes to Knuth (pronounced K-nooth) more than half of the algorithms we use everyday. > >I am interested in attending a session on Latex > Me too. I'd have taken one, but work won't permit me much free time for slides etc. We have had one session in LUG long back. I'd be certainly interested to contribute my ideas / experiences. Warm regards, Mahesh Aravind _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
