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diff --git a/info/tutorials-for-tex.list b/info/tutorials-for-tex.list new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5b375a50d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/tutorials-for-tex.list @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +X-ListName: TeX-Related Network Discussion List <INFO-TeX@SHSU.edu> +Subject: List Of TeX Tutorials As Of 5.18.93 +From: "Tundra" Tim Daneliuk <tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us> +Organization: TundraWare +Message-ID: <9305181813.AA18821@eskimo.chi.il.us> +Date: 18 May 93 18:13:36 CST (Tue) + +List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 05.18.93 +============================================ + +Herein is a list of tutorials on TeX-related subjects. If you are the +author of such a document and that document is freely available +(public domain, GNU Copyleft, etc.) please feel free to email me the +information in the format defined below and I'll include it in the +next revision of this list. + +Also, if any of the information is incorrect, misleading, or otherwise +needs amending, please let me know. + +Thanks to all who have contributed. + +---------------------------- Submission Format ------------------------------ + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: <Title Of Document> +Latest Version: <Version Number And/Or Date> +Author Name: <Last Name, First Name> +Author Email Address: <Optional, If You Don't Want To Be Pestered> +Size (Bytes): <Or Pages> +Brief Description: <One Line Please> +Intended Audience: <Novice, Advanced, Specialist In Some Discipline, etc.> +Distribution Site: <Primary ftp Site> +Comments: <Whatever Makes Sense Here - Try To Keep It Under 50 Lines Or So> + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +------------------------- Beginning Of Tutorial List ------------------------- + +Document Name: Application Of NFSS In The Context Of Latex +Latest Version: January 1993 +Author Name: {\.Z}bikowski, Rafa{\l} +Author Email Address: Not Available +Size (Bytes): ~40K +Brief Description: A FAQ containing two embedded LaTeX documents +Intended Audience: Newcomers to the New Font Selection Scheme and + amsfontsS no (La)TeX expertise assumed. +Distribution Site niord.shsu.edu: + [FILESERV.FAQ]FAQ.NFSS-LATEX +Comments: The purpose of this document is to describe briefly + AmSFonts and the New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS) in the + context of LaTeX. The issues addressed are as follows. + + AmSFonts: What are AmSFonts? Where to get AmSFonts from? + How to install AmSFonts for LaTeX? + + New Font Selection Scheme: What is the New Font Selection + Scheme (NFSS)? Why to use NFSS? Where to get NFSS from? + How to install NFSS? How to use NFSS to install AmSFonts + for LaTeX? + + Also: How can NFSS and AmSFonts be used in practice? + (Examples.) + + The questions are attempted to be answered from user's + point of view as opposed to (La)TeXpert's/designer's. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: A Catalogue of TeX Macros +Latest Version: +Author Name: Jones, David +Author Email Address: dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu +Size (Bytes): 367136 +Brief Description: A Catalogue of TeX Macros. +Intended Audience: Anyone who uses TeX. +Distribution Site: theory.lcs.mit.edu: + pub/tex/TeX-index +Comments: The goal of this document is to provide a catalogue of all + publicly-available TeX macros and macro packages, such as AMS-TeX, + plain TeX, eplain, FoilTeX, LaTeX, AMS-LaTex, LAMS-TeX, Lollipop, + etc. Although it is far from complete, it already contains nearly + 1000 entries. (It also includes a section on BibTeX style files.) + The author actively solicits contributions and greatly appreciates + it when authors of macro packages send him updates or new entries. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: The Components of TeX +Author Name: Joachim Schrod +Author Email Address: schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de +Size (Bytes): ca 30 KB +Brief Description: It describes the components and files users of TeX + get in contact with. +Intended Audience: Not a document for beginners. For those who have used TeX + for a while and wonder what all those files are good for. +Distribution Site (ftp or uucp): ftp.th-darmstadt.de: + pub/tex/documentation/components-of-TeX.tar.Z +Comments: Also available from all larger TeX archives. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: elm.tex (Essential LaTeX Mathematics) +Latest Version: (no version number - only one version) +Author Name: Carlisle, David +Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk +Size (Bytes): 18362 +Brief Description: An addition to Essential LaTeX, describing mathematics. +Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics. +Distribution Site: ftp.tex.ac.uk +Comments: Does not describe mathematics under the NFSS. Uses the obsolete + ms[xy]m fonts. Requires amssymbols.sty. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: A Gentle Introduction to TeX +Latest Version: +Author Name: Doob, Michael +Author Email Address: mdoob@ccu.umanitoba.ca +Size (Bytes): 198589 +Brief Description: Introduction to plain tex. +Intended Audience: Rank beginners. +Distribution Site: Many (try gentle.tex on Archie) +Comments: Hard copy also available from the TeX Users Group at a nominal cost. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Getting Up And Running With AMS-LaTeX +Latest Version: December 16,1992 +Author Name: Hirschhorn, Phil +Author Email Address: psh@math.mit.edu +Size (Pages): 25 +Brief Description: Overview of the American Mathematical Society version of + LaTeX. +Intended Audience: Intended for someone with at least some experience with + either plain TeX, AMS-TeX, or LaTeX. +Distribution Site: Contact author via email or use one of the following: + pip.shsu.edu: tex-archive/documentation/amslatex-primer + ftp.tex.ac.uk: pub/archive/documentation/amslatex-primer + ftp.uni-stuttgart.de: soft/tex/documentation/amslatex-primer + (File Names: amshelp.tex, template.tex) + +Comments: Attempts to give enough information for someone to get started with + AMS-LaTeX without having to read the manual. Contains a template + file. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: An Introduction To TeX And Friends +Latest Version: +Author Name: Maltby, Gavin +Author Email Address: gmaltby@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za + maltby@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za +Size (Bytes): 150405 +Brief Description: An introduction to the TeX world through LaTeX. Covers + text processing and mathematical typesetting. Far from a + reference work, for there are many commands not even + mentioned. Around 80 pages. +Intended Audience: LaTeX beginners, especially those who want to typeset + mathematics and proceed to AmSLaTeX +Distribution Site: To Be Determined +Comments: Prepared for short course given at University of Natal, + Pietermaritzburg. Prepared in great haste, so not ultimately + polished. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Metafont For Beginners +Latest Version: draft 2, Fri 23 Oct 1992. +Author Name: Tobin, Geoffrey +Author Email Address: ecsgrt@luxor.latrobe.edu.au +Size (Bytes): 15252 +Brief Description: A brief overview of what Metafont is and does. +Intended Audience: Moderately experienced TeX users +Distribution Site: niord.shsu.edu +Comments: Short and sweet, a great way to get started with Metafont. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Simple drawings with METAFONT (drawing.tex) +Latest Version: April 1993 +Author Name: Wagner, Zdenek +Author Email Address: wagner@csearn.bitnet (preferred) + wagner@earn.cvut.cs +Size (Bytes): 29392 +Brief Description: Simple drawings with MF, inclusion into LaTeX documents +Intended Audience: Slightly advance, knowledge of METAFONTbook not needed +Distribution Site: cs.felk.cvut.cs, [pub.tex.doc]drawing.tex + (user anonymous, password anonymous) +Comments: The documents describes how to make simple drawings with METAFONT + and how to include them in the LaTeX document. The document is + available in the source form which must be run through METAFONT and + LaTeX and printed. The descrobtion is brief so that it is necessary + to look into the source code to see how it was done. To process the + document, ``verbatim.sty'' is required. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: symbols.tex +Latest Version: 2.00 +Author Name: Carlisle, David +Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk +Size (Bytes): 17594 +Brief Description: A listing of all the standard LaTeX math symbols and the + AMS symbols. +Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics. +Distribution Site: ftp.tex.ac.uk, SHSU, stuttgart +Comments: If used with the NFSS, requires AMSFONTS2.1, and amssymb.sty. If + used without the NFSS, does not show the AMS Fonts. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: TeXsis -- TeX Macros for Physicists +Latest Version: +Author Name: Myers, Eric and Paige, Frank +Author Email Address: texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +Size (Bytes): 835584 (tar file) +Brief Description: TeX macros extending Plain TeX +Intended Audience: Physicists and others who write technical documents. +Distribution Site: anonymous@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +Comments: See the files README and INSTALL in the ftp directory. + The manual is written in TeXsis, so you need the macros to print it. + Partially a tutorial along with the macros necessary to help + physicists make use of TeX effectively. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +Regards, +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + "Tundra" Tim Daneliuk + PREFERRED: tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us + OR (Yuk!): eskimo!tundra@clout.chi.il.us + ALSO: ...uunet!gargoyle.uchicago.edu!clout!eskimo!tundra + US SNAIL: 4927 N. 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