[texhax] [TeXhax] Latex: dumbing down ?

pierre.mackay pierre.mackay at comcast.net
Tue Aug 29 21:11:52 CEST 2006


David C. Walden wrote:

>>>And do you really think that there is really good literature about
>>>plain TeX?
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>>>
>>Yes : Victor Eijkhout's "TeX by Topic", and Stephan von Bechtolsheim's
>>"TeX in Practice".
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>
>Personally, I think the Abrahams/Berry/Harfreaves book _TeX for
>the Impatient_ is also useful, especially since it gives lots of
>examples of how to do various things.  Also, like Eijkhout's book,
>Abrahams' book is available on the Internet (in this case on the TUG
>website).
>
>  
>
Eijkhout is indeed a treasure, but I would not say the same for 
Bechtolsheim. For the really adventurous, David Salomon's The Advanced 
TeXbook is good addition to Eijkhout. But Eijkhout is essential.


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