On 8/14/07, Dougal Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 14/08/07, Brent Yorgey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Clearly, we need to actually put together such a book! I'm imagining > > something where you have two mostly blank facing pages, with the code by > > itself in the middle of the right page; then the next 2-4 pages devoted > to a > > short discussion of the code, how it works, related issues and > techniques, > > and a list of references. All featuring beautiful typography and > fantastic > > writing, of course. =) > > Oh indeed! This wasn't *completely* idle chatter on my part. I used to > work in a print shop and we did a lot of work for art and architecture > students who would do this kind of thing all the time. Fantastic > little notebook-style gifts of images and blank pages and elegant > typography. It's just a shame so many of them were terrible at > spelling! :-P > > It shouldn't be too difficult to use LaTeX to this end. Once a > document class has been hammered out you can offer a range of > different booklets! The "Evolution of a Haskell Programmer" series > would be a good place to start. Bring it to your next job interview to > whip out when someone points to that bit on your CV and says, "what's > that?". > > Any skilled TeXers in the house? > > D. >
Well, it wasn't completely idle chatter on my part, either! =) After spending the past year writing (and typesetting) a mathematics book in my spare time, I would consider myself an intermediate to advanced user of LaTeX, although I know much less about TeX itself than I would like (although I do intend to learn). Unfortunately, what with applying to grad school and other things, it probably wouldn't be wise for me to spearhead such a project at the moment, although I'd be excited about contributing. But I very well might pick it up at a later date if no one decides to run with it right now. -Brent
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