Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Hi all, I've been using LyX for quite some time now (since pre-1.0 days) and I absolutely love it. However, in using it, I've gotten the distinct feeling that I'd appreciate it even more if I knew LaTeX itself. I guess it has to do with my insatiable curiosity about how things work :) So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning LyX, though. So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the pre-LyX era, where do I begin? Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, so I'm also interested in learning how to LaTeX within Emacs. I think the learning LaTeX seems to be easier to figure out than how to do it with Emacs :) Any good pointers on where to find an Intro to LaTeX with Emacs? Thanks a lot, -- Seeya, Paul I'm in shape, my shape just happens to be pear! If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Paul Lussier wrote: So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning If you're using some unix and some reasonable LaTeX distribution, the distribution should come with reasonable set of documentation. For example, in this RedHat system with teTeX the documentation is under directory /usr/share/texmf/doc/. Probably one of the best documents to start reading is /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/general/essential.dvi, or look other documents in /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/general/. You may read dvi files with xdvi. If your system is different, try looking for documentation with "locate essential" or something.
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Hello, On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Paul Lussier wrote: So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning LyX, though. So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the pre-LyX era, where do I begin? Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, so I'm also interested in learning how to LaTeX within Emacs. I think the learning LaTeX seems to be easier to figure out than how to do it with Emacs :) Any good pointers on where to find an Intro to LaTeX with Emacs? Don't be afraid, LaTeX isn't so complicated as it seems, at least for easy documents. So export an document in lyx to LaTeX and look at it in the emacs (did xou have auctex installed, is lovely) and i guess you understand a lot. And then learning by doing :) Best wishes jan -- +--- Jan Goebel (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) DIW Berlin Longitudinal Data and Microanalysis Königin-Luise-Str. 5 D-14195 Berlin -- Germany -- phone: 49 30 89789-377 +---
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Paul Lussier wrote: Hi all, I've been using LyX for quite some time now (since pre-1.0 days) and I absolutely love it. However, in using it, I've gotten the distinct feeling that I'd appreciate it even more if I knew LaTeX itself. I guess it has to do with my insatiable curiosity about how things work :) So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning LyX, though. So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the pre-LyX era, where do I begin? Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, so I'm also interested in learning how to LaTeX within Emacs. I think the learning LaTeX seems to be easier to figure out than how to do it with Emacs :) Any good pointers on where to find an Intro to LaTeX with Emacs? my way was to write from the beginning with lyx :-), too. and than i solved all the special latex problems only with the book of kopka (maybe that there is an english translation) and the rest with the newsgroups: de.comp.text.tex (the german one) comp.text.tex (the english one) Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
my way was to write from the beginning with lyx :-), too. and than i solved all the special latex problems only with the book of kopka (maybe that there is an english translation) and the rest with the newsgroups: de.comp.text.tex (the german one) comp.text.tex (the english one) Herbert There is indeed an english translation for the Kopka and Daly book "A Guide to Latex 2e", and I found the second edition (published by Addison Wesley) an excelent way to learn latex, as did the majority of my collegues. There is now a third edition available. - Phil Scordis Room 2.19, School of Biological Sciences, Stopford Building University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT -
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Thank you all for you input. For now I will read the essential.dvi document, and try looking at some of my LyX documents with (X)Emacs and AucTeX. Soon, I will get copies of both Lamport and Kopka. Thank you all again, I appreciate your help! -- Seeya, Paul I'm in shape, my shape just happens to be pear! If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Since lyx performs most of the basic tasks, you'll probably need more latex-tips than actual latex by itself. A nice FAQ in French http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/FAQ-LaTeX/ Some help in English http://www.giss.nasa.gov/latex/ Don't forget H. Voss' Tips, which heavily rely on LaTeX http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/Informatik/LyXTips.html But if you REALLY are curious about how things work, you'd probably wanna dive into TeX ITSELF. Then, good luck...
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the pre-LyX era, where do I begin? Get yourself a good book like the "LaTeX Companion" or Kopka's "Einfuehrung" (don't know whether this is available in English). Have a look at www.ctan.whatever. Andre' PS: Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, Apage! You won't get advice on this from me ;-) -- André Pönitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Hi all, I've been using LyX for quite some time now (since pre-1.0 days) and I absolutely love it. However, in using it, I've gotten the distinct feeling that I'd appreciate it even more if I knew LaTeX itself. I guess it has to do with my insatiable curiosity about how things work :) So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning LyX, though. So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the pre-LyX era, where do I begin? Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, so I'm also interested in learning how to LaTeX within Emacs. I think the learning LaTeX seems to be easier to figure out than how to do it with Emacs :) Any good pointers on where to find an Intro to LaTeX with Emacs? Thanks a lot, -- Seeya, Paul I'm in shape, my shape just happens to be pear! If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Paul Lussier wrote: So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning If you're using some unix and some reasonable LaTeX distribution, the distribution should come with reasonable set of documentation. For example, in this RedHat system with teTeX the documentation is under directory /usr/share/texmf/doc/. Probably one of the best documents to start reading is /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/general/essential.dvi, or look other documents in /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/general/. You may read dvi files with xdvi. If your system is different, try looking for documentation with "locate essential" or something.
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Hello, On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Paul Lussier wrote: So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning LyX, though. So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the pre-LyX era, where do I begin? Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, so I'm also interested in learning how to LaTeX within Emacs. I think the learning LaTeX seems to be easier to figure out than how to do it with Emacs :) Any good pointers on where to find an Intro to LaTeX with Emacs? Don't be afraid, LaTeX isn't so complicated as it seems, at least for easy documents. So export an document in lyx to LaTeX and look at it in the emacs (did xou have auctex installed, is lovely) and i guess you understand a lot. And then learning by doing :) Best wishes jan -- +--- Jan Goebel (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) DIW Berlin Longitudinal Data and Microanalysis Königin-Luise-Str. 5 D-14195 Berlin -- Germany -- phone: 49 30 89789-377 +---
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Paul Lussier wrote: Hi all, I've been using LyX for quite some time now (since pre-1.0 days) and I absolutely love it. However, in using it, I've gotten the distinct feeling that I'd appreciate it even more if I knew LaTeX itself. I guess it has to do with my insatiable curiosity about how things work :) So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning LyX, though. So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the pre-LyX era, where do I begin? Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, so I'm also interested in learning how to LaTeX within Emacs. I think the learning LaTeX seems to be easier to figure out than how to do it with Emacs :) Any good pointers on where to find an Intro to LaTeX with Emacs? my way was to write from the beginning with lyx :-), too. and than i solved all the special latex problems only with the book of kopka (maybe that there is an english translation) and the rest with the newsgroups: de.comp.text.tex (the german one) comp.text.tex (the english one) Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
my way was to write from the beginning with lyx :-), too. and than i solved all the special latex problems only with the book of kopka (maybe that there is an english translation) and the rest with the newsgroups: de.comp.text.tex (the german one) comp.text.tex (the english one) Herbert There is indeed an english translation for the Kopka and Daly book "A Guide to Latex 2e", and I found the second edition (published by Addison Wesley) an excelent way to learn latex, as did the majority of my collegues. There is now a third edition available. - Phil Scordis Room 2.19, School of Biological Sciences, Stopford Building University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT -
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Thank you all for you input. For now I will read the essential.dvi document, and try looking at some of my LyX documents with (X)Emacs and AucTeX. Soon, I will get copies of both Lamport and Kopka. Thank you all again, I appreciate your help! -- Seeya, Paul I'm in shape, my shape just happens to be pear! If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Since lyx performs most of the basic tasks, you'll probably need more latex-tips than actual latex by itself. A nice FAQ in French http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/FAQ-LaTeX/ Some help in English http://www.giss.nasa.gov/latex/ Don't forget H. Voss' Tips, which heavily rely on LaTeX http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/Informatik/LyXTips.html But if you REALLY are curious about how things work, you'd probably wanna dive into TeX ITSELF. Then, good luck...
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the pre-LyX era, where do I begin? Get yourself a good book like the "LaTeX Companion" or Kopka's "Einfuehrung" (don't know whether this is available in English). Have a look at www.ctan.whatever. Andre' PS: Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, Apage! You won't get advice on this from me ;-) -- André Pönitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Hi all, I've been using LyX for quite some time now (since pre-1.0 days) and I absolutely love it. However, in using it, I've gotten the distinct feeling that I'd appreciate it even more if I knew LaTeX itself. I guess it has to do with my insatiable curiosity about how things work :) So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning LyX, though. So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the pre-LyX era, where do I begin? Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, so I'm also interested in learning how to LaTeX within Emacs. I think the learning LaTeX seems to be easier to figure out than how to do it with Emacs :) Any good pointers on where to find an Intro to LaTeX with Emacs? Thanks a lot, -- Seeya, Paul I'm in shape, my shape just happens to be pear! If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Paul Lussier wrote: > So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning If you're using some unix and some reasonable LaTeX distribution, the distribution should come with reasonable set of documentation. For example, in this RedHat system with teTeX the documentation is under directory /usr/share/texmf/doc/. Probably one of the best documents to start reading is /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/general/essential.dvi, or look other documents in /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/general/. You may read dvi files with xdvi. If your system is different, try looking for documentation with "locate essential" or something.
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Hello, On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Paul Lussier wrote: > So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning > LyX, though. So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the > pre-LyX era, where do I begin? > > Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, so I'm also interested in learning > how to LaTeX within Emacs. I think the learning LaTeX seems to be easier to > figure out than how to do it with Emacs :) > > Any good pointers on where to find an Intro to LaTeX with Emacs? Don't be afraid, LaTeX isn't so complicated as it seems, at least for easy documents. So export an document in lyx to LaTeX and look at it in the emacs (did xou have auctex installed, is lovely) and i guess you understand a lot. And then learning by doing :) Best wishes jan -- +--- Jan Goebel (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) DIW Berlin Longitudinal Data and Microanalysis Königin-Luise-Str. 5 D-14195 Berlin -- Germany -- phone: 49 30 89789-377 +---
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Paul Lussier wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been using LyX for quite some time now (since pre-1.0 days) and I > absolutely love it. However, in using it, I've gotten the distinct feeling > that I'd appreciate it even more if I knew LaTeX itself. I guess it has to do > with my insatiable curiosity about how things work :) > > So, I want to learn LaTeX. I don't plan on becoming an expert, or abandoning > LyX, though. So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the > pre-LyX era, where do I begin? > > Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, so I'm also interested in learning > how to LaTeX within Emacs. I think the learning LaTeX seems to be easier to > figure out than how to do it with Emacs :) > > Any good pointers on where to find an Intro to LaTeX with Emacs? my way was to write from the beginning with lyx :-), too. and than i solved all the special latex problems only with the book of kopka (maybe that there is an english translation) and the rest with the newsgroups: de.comp.text.tex (the german one) comp.text.tex (the english one) Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
> my way was to write from the beginning with lyx :-), too. and > than i solved all the special latex problems only with the book > of kopka (maybe that there is an english translation) and the rest > with the newsgroups: > de.comp.text.tex (the german one) > comp.text.tex (the english one) > > Herbert There is indeed an english translation for the Kopka and Daly book "A Guide to Latex 2e", and I found the second edition (published by Addison Wesley) an excelent way to learn latex, as did the majority of my collegues. There is now a third edition available. - Phil Scordis Room 2.19, School of Biological Sciences, Stopford Building University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT -
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Thank you all for you input. For now I will read the essential.dvi document, and try looking at some of my LyX documents with (X)Emacs and AucTeX. Soon, I will get copies of both Lamport and Kopka. Thank you all again, I appreciate your help! -- Seeya, Paul I'm in shape, my shape just happens to be pear! If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
Since lyx performs most of the basic tasks, you'll probably need more latex-tips than actual latex by itself. A nice FAQ in French http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/FAQ-LaTeX/ Some help in English http://www.giss.nasa.gov/latex/ Don't forget H. Voss' Tips, which heavily rely on LaTeX http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/Informatik/LyXTips.html But if you REALLY are curious about how things work, you'd probably wanna dive into TeX ITSELF. Then, good luck...
Re: Learning LaTeX, where do I begin?
> So, I ask you fellow LyX'ers who have been LaTeX'ing since the > pre-LyX era, where do I begin? Get yourself a good book like the "LaTeX Companion" or Kopka's "Einfuehrung" (don't know whether this is available in English). Have a look at www.ctan.whatever. Andre' PS: > Of course, my editor of choice is Emacs, Apage! You won't get advice on this from me ;-) -- André Pönitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
