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Re: TeX In Practice

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From: James Petts
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 12:14
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In article <ROLFL.92Aug20112635@karl.uio.no> Rolf Lindgren,
rolfl@karl.uio.no writes:
>Why hasn't anybody written a book explaining LaTeX? IMHO, the LaTeXbook
>needs a companion volume far more than the TeXbook does.

I tend to agree with you, but although there are a handful (3 or 4 ?) of 
LaTeX books around, I think that because LaTeX is perceived as "easier" 
than TeX, the books are generally not of the same standard. 

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James Petts
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