http://sarovar.org/frs/download.php/120/ltxprimer-1.0.pdf
By Prof E Krishnan is a good start. for doing wonders http://sarovar.org/projects/pdfscreen/ for malayalam type setting http://sarovar.org/projects/malayalam/ On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Mahesh Aravind <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > _______________________________________________ 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]
