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From: tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: PasTeX - MetaFonts
Message-ID: <18790006@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 91 21:16:33 GMT
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withers@nitmoi.enet.dec.com (George A. Withers) writes:

George, thanks for the help in running mf!  I'm bogged down in other things
right now, but expected to get back to it soon, so really appreciated the
step-by-step description.  There seem to be a bunch of us TeXnovices right
now...

>As to documentation about TeX, everyone recommends the TeXBook by Knuth as
>being THE source.  Myself, I haven't gotten to buying yet and a you can find
>a suitable introduction in the free, net accessible, "A Gentle Introduction
>to TeX", by Michael Doob.  There is also another free book about LaTeX called
>"Essential LaTeX" but it doesn't go into the sort of detail that Micheal's
>book does.  LaTeX also appears more intuitive.
 
I borrowed the TeXBook, and got started in it, but I think Doob's book is
much better for a novice (till you get to the point you really have to
know what's going on..., and maybe even then better in some ways).  The
"Gentle Intro" has helped me up the learning curve much faster.  In addition,
it's distributed as a .tex file, so you get a lot of examples along with it.
In fact, if you see something you like in it, just look at the
corresponding point in the .tex file and see how he did it.

Cheers,   Tom Bruhns  --  tomb@hplsla.hp.com