Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 04:36:02 +0000 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: teTeX, latex, Lyx Books Message-ID: <349C9CB0.BE5D4BD0@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971221191632.2278A-100000@barnowl> <349C9323.1A640FA@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> <19971222130017.30553@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 03:55:16AM +0000, Ruslan Shevchenko wrote: > ? John Kenagy wrote: > ? > ?? Now that I've about got a behemoth of a text processing system > ?? loaded up. I need to know how to use it!;-) > ?? > ?? Anybody got any reccomended books on latex, tex (teTeX), etc.? > ? > ? > ? 1. TeX book by D. Knuth. > > Read this and watch your brain turn to mush. I think it's one of the > most useless books I've come across. It's full of arcania, and > instead of telling you what to do, it presents everything as a series > of problems. As if TeX wasn't enough of a problem by itself. > Hm, of course, it is not introduction for dummies, but the book is very well. And where you want to find any other *complete* description of TeX ? > 2. LaTeX users quide by L. Lamport. > > This book is better. But then, so are most books. > > As may be evident, I don't like TeX. It's not for want of trying; I > used it exclusively for several years. Troff was like a breath of > fresh air. Don't take this as a criticism of lyx; I haven't tried > lyx, and if it hides the obscenities of TeX well, it could be quite > useful. > TeX is a world and Tex is a culture. In this it is simular to UNIX. > Greg
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