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<div>On 2018-02-14 13:34:07+00:00 Matt Kline <<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">matt@bitbashing.io</span>> wrote:</div>
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<pre class="hiri-plaintext-quote">Hi folks,
I'm working on a beginner's guide for LaTeX that:
1. Is short. (I got started with help from the LaTeX Wikibook and guides in
CTAN's "Tutorial LaTeX" topic, but those are a bit too long to recommend
as brief primers. They're _fantastic_ references, but when a coworker
asks for an intro, throwing &gt;150 pages their way seems
counterproductive.)</pre>
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Right. My own attempt (<a href="http://latex.silmaril.ie/formattinginformation)" _src="http://latex.silmaril.ie/formattinginformation)">http://latex.silmaril.ie/formattinginformation)</a> started as a 2-day training course, got condensed down to one day, and
then turned into an online book, but when formatted for papers it's 200+ pages, which is why I left it as a web site.
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<pre class="hiri-plaintext-quote">2. Focuses on modern LaTeX features, such as Unicode input, OpenType
support,and microtypography. </pre>
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Yesss. And, I would add, XeLaTeX and biblatex/biber. Not pdflatex and bibtex :-)
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<pre class="hiri-plaintext-quote">(A beginner coming from other desktop publishing tools
doesn't need to know - at least not right away - about input encodings,
font metric files, and so on.)</pre>
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Not ever.
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<pre class="hiri-plaintext-quote">I'm looking for some review from the LaTeX community, but unfortunately I'm
not quite sure where to turn - is this a good venue for it?</pre>
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I'm printing it off for a spot of light reading :-)
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<pre class="hiri-plaintext-quote">Would you recommend any others?
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I would be wary of circulating it further unless you know the recipients. If you're aiming to find a publisher and have it printed, the fewer people involved the better. On the other hand, if you're going to give it away, announce it as a draft or work-in-progress
on c.t.t or SE and see what people say.<br>
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///Peter<br>
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