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> If you learn TeX from Knuth’s TeX book https://visualmatheditor.equatheque.net/doc/texbook.pdf https://visualmatheditor.equatheque.net/doc/texbook.pdf +1 on
by breck 2y ago
> If you learn TeX from Knuth’s TeX book
https://visualmatheditor.equatheque.net/doc/texbook.pdf https://visualmatheditor.equatheque.net/doc/texbook.pdf
+1 on this.
That book is fantastic, one of my favorites. It's been a couple of years since I last read it, and your comment reminded me that I should probably skim again.
- WillAdams 2y agoExcept that PDF shouldn't exist since it was generated in flagrant disregard for the copyright/comment: % This manual is copyright (C) 1984 by the American Mathematical Society. % All rights are reserved! % The file is distributed only for people to see its examples of TeX input, % not for use in the preparation of books like The TeXbook. % Permission for any other use of this file must be obtained in writing % from the copyright holder and also from the publisher (Addison-Wesley). \loop\iftrue \errmessage{This manual is copyrighted and should not be TeXed}\repeat If you want a free PDF on TeX try _TeX for the Impatient_: https://tug.ctan.org/info/impatient/book.pdf https://tug.ctan.org/info/impatient/book.pdf If you want a copy of _The TeXbook_, buy it.
- wrs 2y agoI love the subtle humor in misusing “copyright” as a verb and then misusing “TeX” the same way.