On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Herbert Voss wrote:
> Steve Litt wrote:
> >
> > Would you recommend Lamport's book to someone who is writing a book in Lyx
> > and needs lots of custom Environments and character styles? Is it
> > understandable for someone who, let's put it this way -- doesn't have the
> > world's best attention span? Is it well organized? Is there a way to get it
> > for less than $72.00? I don't live in a technical metropolis -- where can I
> > get it?
>
> take the one from Goossens, Mittelbach, Samarin:
> The Latex Companion
>
> much more better (from my point of view)
>
> Herbert
>
>
I just have to add my 2 cents :)
Have both books; both are good but each has a different focus. The Lamport
book focuses on core LaTeX, whereas the G, M, S, one is oriented more
toward various available packages. Neither book constitutes easy
reading, i.e., to be used mostly as a reference manual. For a quick LaTeX
reference you can go to: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/latex/ltx-2.html
Out of curiosity, if you're going to go through the trouble of learning
LaTeX, why bother using LyX? ;)
(I'm a long time LaTeX user, so I regard the level of indirection provided
by LyX as too restrictive and somewhat of a PITA; however in order for
.tex to become the company documentation standard, I have to get the
support staff to use LyX (i.e., convert them from Word) as they refuse
(fear) to learn LaTeX. Hence, I have to learn LyX to teach LyX. )
Regards,
Piotr
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