This primer is an introduction to TeX and provides the reader with sufficient information to get started with the majority of tasks which he or she may wish to tackle. It explains why TeX approaches its subject in the way it does, and provides the "context' into which it fits. Plain TeX is the common starting point for TeX users and can be extended or modified to suit individual needs.
With the aid of this book, scientists and researchers preparing their own books and papers, or technical typists, used to the conventions and jargon of their field, will find little difficulty in adopting TeX's approach.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'This is an eminently readable volume. It is all there: the reader who completes this book will know the whole of TeX. The exposition is always clear and authoritative, reflecting the author's experience of using TeX over the past 10 years or so.'
David Barron, University of Southampton 'Now we have Malcolm Clark's comprehensive account of "plain" TeX. This is an eminently readable volume... It is all there: the reader who completes this book will know the whole of TeX. The exposition is always clear and authoritative... anyone who wants or needs to acquire an expertise in TeX will be well served.'
David Barron, University of Southampton `This is an eminently readable volume ...^
`It is all there: the reader who completes this book will know the whole of TeX. The exposition is always clear and authoritative reflecting the author's experience of using TeX over the past 10 years or so.'THES 'The person first starting TEX wants a book with clear explanations. This book has that. The selected parts I read were clear, and graduate students who noticed I had the book told me what a fine book they thought it was.'
P.W. Purdom, Computing Reviews, April 1994
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Höhe: 234 mm
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Dicke: 27 mm
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978-0-19-853724-3 (9780198537243)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Malcolm Clark: BSc & PhD, University of Leicester, England (1971 & 1976). Field assistant in northern Arizona to legendary dinosaur expert, Edwin H. Colbert, summer 1971. Exploration and mapping of the Inner Gorge of the Grand Canyon, 1971-1976. First geologist to explore the ancient 'Land of Midian' in northern Arabia (1980s) since Capt. Richard Burton's expedition of 1877 (in search of elusive gold mines). Ascent of Kilimanjaro (Africa's highest mountain) in 1988 while acting as a guide to the geology of the area. Daring, if rather foolhardy, 'escape from Syria' across the closed border with Turkey during heightened political tensions in 2005, prior to the Syrian Civil War. Participation in the Alonissos (Greek) Multi-Terrain Marathon in 2007 as a retirement challenge set by his wife, Viv. Now retired and living in the English Lake District.
Getting started; Do it yourself; Beginning mathematics; Continuing mathematics; More words; Commands; More maths; Boxing; Commands 1; Matrix manipulations; Pages; Tables by tabs; Tables again; Rules; Graphics; Fonts; More detailed fonts; Making pages; Breaking up; Delays and deferments; Collections; Last word; Appendices.
