Steve Litt wrote:
>
> Where is there a simple LaTeX jumpstart doc for newbies? I'm having serious
> trouble understanding the .cls and .sty files in
> /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/.
http://www.tug.org or on your local tex system
http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/LatexDocs.html
cls-files are the basic files for the docs. you need
exectly one of them! sty-files are additions, which
are sometimes helpful, but you don't need any of them
by definition. in reality you always choose some of
them to enhance the cls-file.
Herbert
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