dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) (02/02/91)
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
dsmith@applga.aa.cad.slb.com (J. Daniel Smith) (02/06/91)
In article <1991Feb1.184403.1@hmcvax.claremont.edu> dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) writes: >This book plus the Knuth books plus every other book on TeX >available in English can be ordered from the TeX Users Group ^^^^^^^ Anybody know about ordering TeX books in other languages? I'd kinda like to have books about TeX in german on my bookshelf. Thanks, Dan -- =========================================================================== J. Daniel Smith Internet: dsmith@applga.aa.cad.slb.com Schlumberger CAD/CAM BITNET: smithdan@msuegr Ann Arbor, Michigan Usenet: uunet!sharkey!applga!dsmith
price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price) (02/07/91)
In article <1991Feb5.160039.6941@applga.aa.cad.slb.com>, dsmith@applga.aa.cad.slb.com (J. Daniel Smith) writes: >Anybody know about ordering TeX books in other languages? I'd kinda >like to have books about TeX in german on my bookshelf. I don't have a reference for TeX in German, but for LaTeX, there's LaTeX - Eine Einf\"uhrung by Helmut Kopka (Addison Wesley, ISBN 3-89319-136-4). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Price | Internet: price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu 5-145 Knudsen Hall | BITNET: price@uclaph UCLA Dept. of Physics | SPAN: uclapp::price Los Angeles, CA 90024-1547 | YellNet: 213-825-2259 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where there is no solution, there is no problem.
spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) (02/08/91)
In article <1991Feb5.160039.6941@applga.aa.cad.slb.com> dsmith@applga.aa.cad.slb.com (J. Daniel Smith) writes:
Anybody know about ordering TeX books in other languages? I'd kinda
like to have books about TeX in german on my bookshelf.
you are lucky. there are some good books in German, several on LaTeX
and at least one on TeX - Norbert Schwarz's Introduction to TeX,
published in English by Addison Wesley, translated from the original
German edition
sebastian
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