I found two interesting manuals for beginners: - A Simplified Introduction to Latex (http://www.cudenver.edu/~hgreenbe/) - The Not So Short Introduction to Latex2e (I think I got it from www.ctan.org or www.tug.org).
On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 03:23:56PM -0300, Roberto Hernandez wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I've been a happy user of LyX for a few months now. I really like the > WYSIWYM idea and intend to continue using LyX for a long time. > > From what I've seen in this list, most of the fine tuning needs to be > done through ERT. The LyX developers obviously put in an enormous amount > of time to help people with their fine tuning needs. My regards to them. > > In hopes that I can be more self-reliant in that aspect, I'd like to > learn a little bit about TeX macros. My goal is to be able to understand > the basic syntax used and maybe write some simple macros of my own. > Right now I don't know when to use \let instead of \renewcommand, or > what all the @'s mean, or anything else for that matter. However, > through trial and error, I've managed to modify some class definitions > to suit my needs. > > The big question is: where can I find some online, entry-level tutorials > that teach what I'm looking for? I've been searching Google like crazy. > While I've found millions of tutorials for other languages, I can't seem > to find anything of the sort about TeX or LaTeX. > > TIA, > > Roberto >
