Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Why is TeX so Great? (want info) Keywords: tex report Message-ID: Date: 12 Nov 90 20:43:54 GMT References: <1990Nov12.192018.3868@csrd.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 28 Well How do i Look up stuff in 'TugBoat' I know it's a TeX magazine but i've never seen it at any news stands. Well I'm getting Lots of Great info for my paper. How about a few more general questions. What does LaTeX stand for. (Lay Mans Tex?) How widly used is the "international" character ability used? (ie. the german characters,ect...) ------- I'm not bugging anyone with these questions am i? oh yea. What's AMStex. (sp) I saw a Book for it but diden't get it. What's the "wildest" "wierdest" thing anyone has Done with Tex? (I thought the little phone book was neat) Keep that info comming. . -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu Willis F York ---------------------------------------------- Macintosh... Proof that a Person can use a Computer all day and still not know ANYTHING about computers.