[OS X TeX] two-page split equation

Herbert Schulz herbs at wideopenwest.com
Wed Apr 12 16:17:12 CEST 2006


On Apr 12, 2006, at 9:04 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

> On Apr 12, 2006, at 8:48 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>>
>> I will certainly take your advice as I have been wondering if  
>> there is an underlying system to LaTeX or if all these beautiful  
>> packages are essentially ad hoc.
>>
>> Regards
>> --schremmer
>
> Howdy,
>
> Actually the underlying system is TeX and the definitive, very well  
> written but dense book is Knuth's ``The TeXbook.'' All of the  
> primitive rules, etc., of TeX are contained there. I read and re- 
> read that book several times back in the `old days'' and even  
> thought I understood it pretty well but that was many years ago so  
> I'm almost back to ground zero now. Sigh...
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)

Howdy,

Sorry... By `dense' I meant that it contains huge amounts of  
information in a small space and requires careful reading. I'm dense  
in different sense.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)


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