[OS X TeX] Books?

[Dr. Uwe Becker]

Just one note: Kopka has written 3 books in German, but only the first - for
beginners the best one - has (as far as I know) been translated into
English.

uwe becker, goettingen germany

----- Original Message -----
From: "Juan Manuel Palacios" <jmpalacios at mac.com>
To: "TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List" <MacOSX-TeX at email.esm.psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Books?


>
> Thanks to everybody who replied so fast and gave me their insights
> and recommendations, very much appreciated! I was recommended "The not
> so short guide to LaTeX2e" twice and when I downloaded it I realized I
> already had it. Between Lamport's and Kopka's books the consensus seems
> to be in favor of Kopka, which is what I had originally thought, so I
> will stick to my already made decision.
>
> Just one question to you Andreas, if I may:
>
> On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 11:11  AM, Andreas Gschwendtner wrote:
>
> > Lamport's LaTeX Handbook is *very* well written but doesn't cover all
> > the details. It's good for a start: buy that one, if you want to learn
> > the basics of typesetting with LaTeX.
> > If you want to go a little deeper, Kopka's book is excellent. If you
> > intend to use LaTeX a lot and to write more than "10-page-papers", you
> > should definitely read it, as it covers almost all the questions that
> > arise when you use LaTeX heavily. It is great as a reference. The
> > downside is, that it is quite expensive if you buy all three
> > volumes...(but I think it is worth the money!).
>
> What three volumes? Everywhere I've looked I've seen Kopka's book
> as a one tome publication. Take Amazon, for example, if you look for
> Latex publications there you'll see Kopka's book as a single volume, no
> more tomes. Where could I check this out? Is the one sold at Amazon the
> first tome?
>
> >
> > "The not so short guide to LaTeX2e" is also good and has a big plus:
> > it's free! (download from CTAN). But it is not comprehensive enough for
> > my taste...
> >
> > HIH, Andreas
>
> Thank you all again for your time and help. Sincerely,...
>
>
> Juan.
>
>
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