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Title: LaTeX: A Document Preparation System (2nd Edition) by Leslie Lamport ISBN: 0-201-52983-1 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 30 June, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.39 (23 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: You'll need it, but ...
Comment: We TeX-heads (with apologies to Knuth that I didn't say TeXnicians) should all bow to Lamport for his LaTeX package, a masterpiece of macro programming and design. That said, while you'll need a copy of this book with its handy tear-out card as a reference, it is not the best way to learn LaTeX. For that you need "LaTeX Line by Line" by Diller. The problem here is that Lamport created the package, but he hasn't organized the material very well to explain it. I remember back when I first encountered LaTeX (circa 1987) and tried to learn it with only the first edition of this book. That was truly an excercise in futility. It's much easier to come up to speed by NOT using Lamport's book as your primer. But go ahead, buy the book. You'll need the command reference and that little fold-out card... .
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing purchase
Comment: Seems to be an okay resource for people just getting started. However it is completely inadequate as a reference. Better resources are available on the internet for free.
Rating: 3
Summary: Like the content, hate the binding.
Comment: I am a recent immigrant to the world of LaTeX, and find this book a very adequate guide. My needs are modest, and this book is well enough organized to meet those needs without fuss. Four stars for content.
The cover (paperback) fell off the signatures within the first month, though - the glue failed completely. One star for shoddiness, only because the scale goes no lower.
Three stars averages the two ratings, rounded up.
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Title: The LaTeX Companion by Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Alexander Samarin ISBN: 0201541998 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 31 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: The LaTeX Graphics Companion: Illustrating Documents with TeX and Postscript(R) by Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz, Frank Mittelbach ISBN: 0201854694 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: TeXbook by Donald E. Knuth ISBN: 0201134489 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1984 List Price(USD): $42.95 |
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Title: The LaTeX Web Companion : Integrating TeX, HTML, and XML by Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz, Eitan M. Gurari, Ross Moore, Robert S. Sutor ISBN: 0201433117 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 10 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Math Into LaTeX by George Gratzer ISBN: 0817641319 Publisher: Birkhauser Boston Pub. Date: 22 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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