latex
...tools
[miktex
[texniccenter
...basic links
[gutenberg (groupe francophone des utilisateurs de tex)
[ctan (comprehensive tex archive network)
[amstex ressources + tex-related publications
[latex navigator
[a beginner's introduction to typesetting with latex
[tex catalogue online (ctan edition)
[latex project home page (latex3e)
...online doc
[hyper-text help with latex
[uk latex faq
...pdf/ps docs
[latex tutorials a primer from the indian tex users group
[the comprehensive latex symbol list from ctan
[the (not so) short introduction to latex2e
[the latex companion book: updated chap.8 "higher mathematics" describing mas-latex
[maths symbols
[a beginner's introduction to typesetting with latex
[tex for the impatient (sources)
...metapost
[john hobby's site
[examples
[doc
:manuel metapost (hobby's stuff in french)
:graphes avec metapost (hobby's stuff in french)
:learling matepost by doing
:examples
...other packages
[hyperref: Hypertext marks
...LaTeX
- The
Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e (pdf), by Tobias Oetiker, Hubert
Partl, Irene Hyna and Elisabeth Schlegl.
This link is for the English version, but it is available as well in a number
of other
languages and some other formats.
- Formatting
Information, by Peter Flynn.
This manual, first published in TUGboat, is for the true beginner,
and provides information about installation and editing as well as about LaTeX.
A PDF file is provided for printing, as well as an HTML version, the source,
and a comprehensive README file.
- LaTeX
Tutorials: A Primer(pdf) (Indian TeX Users Group, 2003).
Additional topic-specific
tutorials by the same group are available formatted for both screen and
print.
- The
PracTeX Journal, an electronic journal of the TeX Users Group, dedicated
to the exchange of practical experience and instruction in the use of TeX
and related systems.
...math
- Part of the second edition
of this book is available as a PDF file from CTAN, as "Math
into LaTeX, A Short Course". (pdf) Instructions are in the file mil.txt.
An alternate source is the author's
Web page.
The 1996
(first) edition of Math into LaTeX is also available from the author's
site as a PDF file.
- Mathematical TeX by Example,
by Arvind Borde (Academic Press, 1993; ISBN 0-12-117645-2)
Files of examples
are available from CTAN.
...plain
TeX
- TeX Starting from Square
1, by Michael Doob (Springer Verlag, 1993)
This book is an expansion of A
Gentle Introduction to TeX, which is still available from CTAN, in Greek
as well as English.
- TeX
for the Impatient, by Paul W. Abrahams with Karl Berry and Kathryn Hargreaves
(Addison-Wesley, 1990) - This book is out of print from the publisher, but
the rights have reverted to the authors, who have made both a
PDF file (in
French) and the
sources (in
French).
- Making TeX Work, by Norman
Walsh (O'Reilly & Associates, 1994)
The book itself is out of print, but an HTML version is available for
reference on Sourceforge, or as a tarred, gzip'ped file from CTAN.
...references
- Computers
& Typesetting, by Donald E. Knuth, all five volumes in a Millennium
Boxed Set (Addison Wesley, 2001)
- Volume A, The TeXbook,
- Volume B, TeX: The
Program,
- Volume C, The METAFONTbook,
- Volume D, METAFONT:
The Program,
- Volume E, Computer
Modern Typefaces
- Digital
Typography, by Donald E. Knuth (CSLI Publications, Stanford University,
1999)
For a more complete description of the contents, see DEK's
Web pages; this includes a complete list of errata so far, along with
the usual promise of US$2.56 to the first finder of any bug.
- The
LaTeX Companions Boxed Set, by Goossens, Mittelbach, Rahtz, Samarin, Kopka
and Daly: A Complete Guide and Reference for Preparing, Illustrating and Publishing
Technical Documents, 2nd edition (Addison Wesley, 2004)
- A Guide to LaTeX
- The LaTeX Companion
- The LaTeX Graphics
Companion
- The LaTeX Web Companion