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From: dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Don Hosek)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: TeX beginner
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Date: 2 Feb 91 02:44:03 GMT
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In article <14849@june.cs.washington.edu>, graham@cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham) writes:
> 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!

> 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.

It is illegal to use texman.tex or mfman.tex to produce copies of
the TeXbook. They are provided to allow one to see how various
items in the book were created.

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

This book plus the Knuth books plus every other book on TeX
available in English can be ordered from the TeX Users Group

TeX Users Group
P.O. Box 9506
Providence, RI 02940
401-751-7760
tug@math.ams.com

-dh