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From: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 00:23:51 +0000
Subject: move english latex doc out of texmf-doc

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+\documentclass[10pt]{article}
+\usepackage{latex-doc-ptr}
+
+% This document is intended as the result of a "texdoc latex" in TeX Live.  
+% The license is Public Domain.  See README file for more.
+
+\begin{document}\thispagestyle{empty}
+\section{\LaTeX}
+
+\LaTeX{} is the most popular macro package for \TeX{}.
+(A macro package is a set of commands that an author typically uses
+to write documents.) 
+ 
+This page does not try to answer all questions about \LaTeX; 
+rather  
+we suggest some documentation, add-on components, and resources
+that a \LaTeX{} user can start with.
+We limit our recommendations to freely-available materials,
+and you can click on the text to see the documentation on the Internet.
+(In case the Internet is not convenient, when the documentation is also 
+available
+in a typical \TeX{} installation we provide its name in a footnote;
+to view it locally using 
+\href{http://tug.org/texdoc}{\package{texdoc}},\texdoc{texdoc}
+run ``\texttt{texdoc \textit{name}}'' at a command prompt.)
+
+
+
+
+\subsection{Starting out}
+
+The article
+\href{http://tug.org/pracjourn/2005-1/waud/waud.pdf}
+ {\texttt{\SLASH begin\{here\} \% getting started}}
+gives a thorough description aimed at a complete beginner.
+In particular, to use \LaTeX{}, users must install a \TeX{} distribution, 
+such as 
+MiK\TeX{} on Windows, or  
+\TeX{}~Live on
+a Unix system such as GNU/Linux or on Windows,
+or Mac\TeX{} on Macintosh OS~X.
+
+Online tutorials have been created by
+\href{http://www.andy-roberts.net/misc/latex/}{\package{Andy Roberts}}
+and the
+\href{http://tug.org/tutorials/tugindia/}{\package{TUGIndia user group}}.
+
+
+
+
+\subsection{Documentation}
+
+\subsubsection{Essentials}
+The most widely-recommended introduction is 
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/}
+ {\package{The Not-So Short Guide to \LaTeXe}}.\texdoc{lshort}
+For typesetting mathematics, use the
+the American Mathematical Society's  
+AMS-\LaTeX{} package, 
+introduced in the primer,
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/info/amslatex/primer/amshelp.pdf}
+ {\package{Getting up and running with AMS-\LaTeX}}.\texdoc{amshelp}
+
+
+\subsubsection{References}  
+The official \LaTeX{} documentation from the development team 
+is 
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/usrguide.pdf}
+ {\package{\LaTeXe{} for Authors}};\texdoc{usrguide} this focuses on
+changes made in recent versions of \LaTeX{}.
+The nearest thing to a general reference manual for \LaTeX{} is the unofficial
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/info/latex2e-help-texinfo/latex2e.html}
+ {\package{\LaTeX: Structured documents for \TeX}}.\texdoc{latex2e}
+Look for symbols in the
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-letter.pdf}
+ {\package{Comprehensive List of Symbols}}.\texdoc{comprehensive}
+A two-page
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/info/latexcheat/latexsheet.pdf}
+ {\package{\LaTeX{} Cheat Sheet}}\texdoc{latexcheat} is available.
+The document 
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/info/l2tabu/}
+ {\textit{l2tabu}}\texdoc{l2tabuen}
+can help you to acquire sound habits by
+suggesting what you should consider taboo.
+
+
+\subsubsection{FAQ's}
+Many web pages offer help with \TeX{} and \LaTeX{}.
+Particularly useful is the
+\href{http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq}{\package{English FAQ}}\texdoc{faq} 
+and the 
+\href{http://tug.org/interest.html}{\package{TUG web resources page}}.
+The \href{http://tug.org/pracjourn/}{\package{Prac\TeX{} Journal}}
+is an online magazine aimed at beginning and intermediate users, and
+\href{http://tug.org/TUGboat/}{\package{TUGboat}}
+has published many articles at all levels nearly since the inception of 
+\TeX{}.
+
+\subsubsection{Books}
+There are many books about \LaTeX{}; 
+visit the 
+\href{http://tug.org/books/}
+ {\package{\TeX{} Users Group Bookstore}} for discounts.
+
+
+
+\subsection{Selected \LaTeX{} packages}
+
+\subsubsection{Page size and shape}
+Adjust the page dimensions 
+and orientation with  
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/geometry/geometry.pdf}
+ {\package{geometry}}.\texdoc{geometry}
+Control headers and footers with 
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fancyhdr/fancyhdr.pdf}
+ {\package{fancyhdr}}.\texdoc{fancyhdr}
+
+\subsubsection{Graphics}
+Import graphics into a \LaTeX{} document with the \LaTeX{} team's  
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/graphics/}
+ {\package{graphicx}} package, and the related \textit{graphics}.
+The official documentation is  
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/graphics/grfguide.pdf}
+ {\package{Packages in the `graphics' bundle}}.\texdoc{grfguide}
+Another package in the same bundle is \package{color}.\texdoc{color}
+For even more color capability use
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/xcolor.pdf}
+ {\package{xcolor}}.\texdoc{xcolor}
+An excellent introduction to using these is the article
+\href{http://tug.org/pracjourn/2005-3/hoeppner/hoeppner.pdf}
+ {\package{Strategies for including graphics in \LaTeX{} documents}}. 
+% not free: 
+% \href{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/epslatex/}{\textit{Using Imported Graphics in \LaTeX{} and pdf\LaTeX{}}}.
+
+
+\subsubsection{Index and bibliography}
+Make an index with \href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/base/makeindx.dtx}
+ {\package{makeidx}}.\texdoc{makeindex}
+For bibliographies, people use 
+\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BibTeX}{\package{B{\footnotesize IB}\TeX{}}}.\texdoc{bibtex}
+Two powerful tools based on it are: produce your bibliography
+in a natural science styles with 
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/natbib/natbib.pdf}
+ {\package{natbib}},\texdoc{natbib}
+and generate your own style by answering a sequence of questions with 
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/custom-bib/makebst.pdf}
+ {\package{custom-bib}}.\texdoc{custom-bib}
+
+\subsubsection{Computer code and commenting out}
+For computer code, look at
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/listings/listings.pdf}
+ {\package{listings}}.\texdoc{listings}
+The 
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/tools/verbatim.pdf}
+ {\package{verbatim}}\texdoc{verbatim}
+package is also useful for computer code, and 
+includes a \texttt{comment} environment to suppress parts of the document.
+
+\subsubsection{Hypertext}
+The 
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref/hyperref.pdf}
+ {\package{hyperref}}\texdoc{hyperref}
+package gives you 
+hyper-document features, such as making table of contents 
+entries link to the corresponding document part.
+If you don't need active links, typeset web addresses with 
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/misc/url.sty}
+  {\package{url}},\texdoc{url}
+which also does computer file names.
+
+\subsubsection{Presentations}
+You can get presentation slides by
+adjusting the page geometry and writing a regular document.
+For more sophisticated effects use
+\href
+ {http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf}
+ {\package{beamer}}.\texdoc{beamer}
+The article
+\href{http://tug.org/pracjourn/2005-4/mertz/mertz.pdf}
+  {\package{Beamer by example}} will get you started.
+
+
+
+\subsection{Output and fonts}
+
+\subsubsection{Output}
+The 
+\href{http://tug.org/applications/pdftex/}{\package{pdf\TeX}}\texdoc{pdftex}
+program extends \TeX{}:
+it can directly produce web-friendly PDF files, as well as the
+traditional DVI format.
+For instance,  this document was generated under \TeX{}~Live with 
+\verb!pdflatex latex-doc-ptr.tex!.
+A further extension to that, 
+\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XeTeX}{\package{\xetex}},\texdoc{xetex}
+can use fonts from your underlying computer platform,
+in addition to the fonts from your \TeX{} distribution.
+(Mathematics requires much special tuning, though, so most
+system fonts cannot be used for math.)
+
+
+\subsubsection{Fonts}
+The font system documentation from the \LaTeX{} developers is 
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/fntguide.pdf}
+ {\package{\LaTeXe{} font selection}}.\texdoc{fntguide}
+To move beyond \TeX's default fonts, these two
+documents describe some reasonable and free alternatives:
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/en/survey.html}
+ {\package{A Survey of Free Math Fonts for \TeX{} and \LaTeX{}}}
+and 
+\href{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/}{\package{The \LaTeX{} Font Catalogue}}.
+More is on the 
+\href{http://tug.org/fonts/}{\TeX{} Users Group's font page}.
+
+
+
+\subsection{Tools for composing \LaTeX{}}
+
+There are many environments to make writing \LaTeX{} source easier.
+For instance, many people use a text editor of some sort, such as 
+Emacs with the add-on mode 
+\href{http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/}{\package{AUC-\TeX{}}}.
+A new environment that is free, runs on all major 
+computer platforms, and combines the best ideas 
+from available environments while retaining simplicity, is 
+\href{http://tug.org/texworks/}{\texworks}.
+
+
+\subsection{Community}
+
+There are many
+\href{http://tug.org/usergroups.html}{user groups}
+for \TeX{}.
+The 
+\href{http://www.ctan.org/}{Comprehensive \TeX{} Archive Network}
+contains many more packages than any distribution.
+In addition, if you are stuck on an issue, the Usenet group
+\href{http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex}{\texttt{comp.text.tex}} 
+and 
+\href{http://lists.tug.org/texhax}{\texttt{texhax@tug.org}} 
+are the most popular mailing lists. 
+You can search more than a decade of 
+\LaTeX{} discussions, or post a question yourself.
+
+
+\subsection{Miscellaneous}
+
+\subsubsection{History}
+\LaTeX{} was first written in 1985 by Leslie Lamport, building on 
+Donald Knuth's \TeX{}.
+It is now maintained and developed by the 
+\href{http://www.latex-project.org}{\LaTeX{}3 Project}\texdoc{latex3} group.
+
+\subsubsection{Pronunciation}
+\LaTeX{} can be pronounced as
+``la-tech'' or ``lay-tech,'' with emphasis on either syllable.
+(We prefer the first, with emphasis on the first syllable.)
+
+\end{document}
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