TeX-related information
Evangelism:
Online documents: Getting Started
Online documents: Reference
TeX-related websites:
IDEs:
WYSIWYG Word Processors built on top of TeX:
Alternatives (or extensions) to TeX:
Introduction
The TeX-related family of software allows one to produce beautiful
mathematical documents. Key components of the system:
- tex: TeX Engine with plain TeX macros and DVI output
- pdftex: TeX Engine with plain TeX macros and PDF output
- latex: TeX Engine with LaTeX macros and DVI output
- pdflatex: TeX Engine with LaTeX macros and PDF output
- mf: MetaFont Engine with plain MF macros and custom output
- mpost: MetaFont Engine with PS output
We have a few other support documents on TeX (see below).
But the computer support staff does not have the resources to teach TeX—
the books and other resources listed in the sidebar to the right will
help you with that.
Local information:
Beginner Books:
Intermediate Books:
- The LaTeX Companion [Amazon, Bookpool]
- The LaTeX Graphics Companion: Illustrating Documents with TeX and Postscript [Amazon, Bookpool]
- The LaTeX Web Companion: Integrating TeX, HTML, and XML [Amazon]
- Guide to LaTeX [Amazon]
- Making TeX Work [O'Reilly]
Attention graduate students: many of these books are available in
our
grad lab library.
