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From: graham@cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: TeX begginner
Message-ID: <14849@june.cs.washington.edu>
Date: 2 Feb 91 00:47:36 GMT
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Reply-To: graham@june.cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham)
Organization: University of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle
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In article <327@unx-pc.UUCP> steve@unx-pc.UUCP (Stephen Hess) writes:
>TeX gurus/wizards/know-it-alls :-).,
>  I heard alot about TeX and am interested in trying to learn ( if such a 
>  thing is possible ;-).  Is there anything out on the net that I can
>  use for such a project?  I have looked for the TeX book and have been 
>  unable to find on so far, so if any one has any info that might be of help
>  of know where such info is please send me email.  Yes, I will keep reading
>  this news group for info.  THANX!
>
>	steve
The complete set of documentation for TeX, MetaFont, etc., is
included in the standard TeX distribution, in the directory
TeX3.0/TeXdoc. Otherwise, ask your local bookstore to order
the TeXbook by Donald E. Knuth, ISBN 0-201-13448-9.

You might also want to look for TeX for the Impatient by
Paul W. Abrahams, ISBN 0-201-51375-7.

(By the way, if you've ever wondered, the 0 means the book's
in English and 201 is the code for Addison-Wesley.)

Steve Graham
graham@isis.ee.washington.edu