[OS X TeX] LaTeX programming primer

[Paul Vickers]

Thanks for that. Actually, I have the 3rd edition of the LaTeX 
companion. Is that better or worse than the 2nd ed?

paul

Georg Verweyen wrote:
> Paul Vickers wrote:
>> Thanks for your responses which told me what I guessed might be the 
>> case. So, I found the next best thing to 'free' and that was to pay 
>> the university library a visit. I now have Goossens, Mittelbach, & 
>> Samarin's LaTeX companion and Kpoka & Daly's 'A Guide to LaTeX'.
> If you consider buying a book:
> There are lots of complaints in the newsgroups about the outdated dirty 
> hacks told in Kopkas book -- even though it might be a good introducting 
> IF you have a printout of L2TABUEN.pdf at hand to check the things you 
> find there.
> The LaTeX companion is great, but be shure to get the /second/ edition. 
> You will find good recent info  on LaTeX and lot's of points to start 
> with for the most important packages.
> 
> Georg
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