c60c-1dm@e260-1b.berkeley.edu (Adam Glass) (02/16/89)
Hi, We are running TeX version 2.95 here. Unfortunately there is no documentation online for TeX itself, or any of the macro packages. Is there someplace that I can FTP this information from? later, ag -- Adam Glass |Internet: c60c-1dm@WEB.berkeley.edu "perception is reality. |Bitnet : c9d-ag@UCBSEYMO.bitnet reality is perception." |UUCP : !ucbvax!seymour!c9d-ag.UUCP
gm@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Greg McGary) (02/17/89)
In article <28051@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> c60c-1dm@e260-1b.berkeley.edu (Adam Glass) writes: >We are running TeX version 2.95 here. Unfortunately there is no documentation >online for TeX itself, or any of the macro packages. Is there someplace >that I can FTP this information from? You should get a copy of Knuth's _The_TeXbook_ and/or Lamport's _LaTeX_User's_Guide_and_Reference_Manual_. There's not much in the way of on-line documentation that I know of, although score.stanford.edu has the complete TeX source of both _The_TeXbook_ and _The_METAFONTbook_ on-line for the sole purpose of aiding the the aspiring TeX/METAFONT hacker in learning how the typographic effects were achieved in the books. (look in <tex.doc>{mf,tex}man.tex) i.e., You're not supposed to print them! There shouldn't be too much incentive anyway, since you're not saving that much $$ by laser-printing about 500 pages at roughly $.05/page (including paper/toner, wear and tear on the machine...) The books only cost about $28, and you get the delightful drawings by Duane Bibby, which you can't get by printing it yourself. -- Greg McGary -- 4201 University Drive #102, Durham, NC 27707 voice: (919) 490-6037 -- {decvax,hplabs,seismo,mcnc}!duke!gm data: (919) 493-5953 -- gm@cs.duke.edu