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TeX for the impatient by Abrahams P.W., Hargreaves K.A., Berry K. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is TeX for the impatient about?
Cover 1 Title 2 Copyright 5 Preface 8 Preface to the free edition 10 Brief contents 12 Contents 13 Contents 2 14 Contents 3 15 Contents 4 16 Contents 5 17 Contents 6 18 Read this first 20 1 – Using this book 22 Syntactic conventions 23 Descriptions of the commands 24 2 – Using TeX 28 Turning input into ink 28 Programs and files you need 28 Running TEX 30 Preparing an input file 31 Commands and control sequences 31 Arguments 32 Parameters 33 Spaces 33 Comments 34 Punctuation 34 Special characters 36 Groups 36 Math formulas 37 How TeX works 37 New TEX versus old TEX 39 Resources 39 3 – Examples 42 Entering simple text 43 Indentation 45 Fonts and special characters 47 Interline spacing 49 Spacing, rules, and boxes 51 Odds and ends 53 Using fonts from other sources 55 A ruled table 57 Typesetting mathematics 59 More mathematics 61 4 – Concepts 64 A 64 active character 64 alignment 65 anatomy of TeX 67 ASCII 70 assignment 70 B 71 badness 71 box 72 C 74 category code 74 character 76 class 77 command 77 conditional test 78 control sequence 78 control symbol 79 control word 79 D 79 decimal constant 79 delimiter 79 demerits 81 depth 81 dimension 81 display math 82 E 82 escape character 82 F
Who reads TeX for the impatient?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Abrahams P.W., Hargreaves K.A., Berry K.
- Publisher
- AW
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
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