TEX in Practice : Volume 1: Basics

TEX has always been regarded as the most elegant and powerful system for computer typesetting. However, its widespread use, beyond academia, was hampered by its complexity. Recently, fairly good TEX implementations have come out for PCs putting TEX on the desks of many people: writers, designers, desktop publishers, engineers, and consequently, the interest in TEX has surged. What is needed at this point is a book that teaches step-by-step how to use TEX, illustrating each step by meaningful examples. This is exactly what S.v. Bechtolsheim's book does. It is a tutorial and guide for the first-time users of TEX, as well as a reference for the most experienced "TEXpert." **TEX in** **Practice** will appear as a four volume set, starting with volume 1 __Basics__, followed by volume 2 __Paragraphs, Math and__ __Fonts__, volume 3 __Tokens, Macros__ and volume 4 __Output Routines,____Tables__. **TEX in Practice** will be an indispensable reference for the TEX community and a guide through the first steps for the TEX novice.

TEX has always been regarded as the most elegant and powerful system for computer typesetting. However, its widespread use, beyond academia, was hampered by its complexity. Recently, fairly good TEX implementations have come out for PCs putting TEX on the desks of many people: writers, designers, desktop publishers, engineers, and consequently, the interest in TEX has surged. What is needed at this point is a book that teaches step-by-step how to use TEX, illustrating each step by meaningful examples. This is exactly what S.v. Bechtolsheim's book does. It is a tutorial and guide for the first-time users of TEX, as well as a reference for the most experienced TEXpert. TEX in Practice will appear as a four volume set, starting with volume 1 Basics, followed by volume 2 Paragraphs, Math and Fonts, volume 3 Tokens, Macros and volume 4 Output Routines, Tables. TEX in Practice will be an indispensable reference for the TEX community and a guide through the first steps for the TEX novice.

A compendium of information on TeX, this four-volume set offers a detailed analysis of all features of TeX and many ready-to-use-macros. TeX users of all levels will find this to be a valuable permanent source of information on one of the world's most powerful typesetting systems. 63 illustrations.

Front Matter....Pages i-xl Before We Get Started....Pages 1-2 Processing with TEX....Pages 3-31 Registers, Numbers, and Counter Registers In Particular....Pages 33-80 More on Registers, Dimensions....Pages 81-119 Glue, Leaders and Rules....Pages 121-160 Boxes....Pages 161-207 Vertical Boxes....Pages 209-259 More on Vertical Boxes....Pages 261-312 Boxes and Rules....Pages 313-344 Back Matter....Pages 345-386