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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/plain/impatient/read1st.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/plain/impatient/read1st.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fddaed637e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/plain/impatient/read1st.tex @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +% This is part of the book TeX for the Impatient. +% Copyright (C) 2003 Paul W. Abrahams, Kathryn A. Hargreaves, Karl Berry. +% See file fdl.tex for copying conditions. + +\input macros +\frontchapter{Read this first} + +% We don't need anything but \rm here. +{\font\rm = cmr10 scaled \magstephalf \baselineskip = 1.1\baselineskip +If you're new to \TeX: +\ulist +\li Read Sections \chapternum{usebook}--\chapternum{usingtex} first. +\li Look at the examples in \chapterref{examples} +for things that resemble what you want to do. +Look up any related commands in ``Capsule summary of commands'', +\chapterref{capsule}. +Use the page references there to find the more complete descriptions of +those commands and others that are similar. +\li Look up unfamiliar words in ``Concepts'', \chapterref{concepts}, +using the list on the back cover of the book to find the +explanation quickly. +\li Experiment and explore. +\endulist +\bigskip +\noindent +If you're already familiar with \TeX, or if you're editing or +otherwise modifying a \TeX\ document that someone else has created: +\ulist +\li For a quick reminder of what a command does, look in +\chapterref{capsule}, ``Capsule summary of commands''. It's +alphabetized and has page references for more complete descriptions of +the commands. +\li Use the functional groupings of command descriptions +to find those related to a +particular command that you already know, or to find a command that serves a +particular purpose. +\li Use \chapterref{concepts}, ``Concepts'', to get an explanation of +any concept that you don't understand, or need to understand more +precisely, or have forgotten. +Use the list on the inside back cover of the book to find a concept quickly. +\endulist +} +\pagebreak + +\byebye |