[OS X TeX] Short Course in LaTeX

[Victor Ivrii]

On 2/12/07, George Gratzer <gratzer at ms.umanitoba.ca> wrote:
>
> On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:34 AM, AJG Baeumel wrote:
>
> > "TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List" <MacOSX-TeX at email.esm.psu.edu> on
> > Monday,
> > February 12, 2007 at 05:15 +0000 wrote:
> >> I have just finished my new LaTeX book. Part I is
> >>
> >> A Short Course.
> >
> > How short?
>
> About 50 pages.

Unfortunately the majority of my esteemed colleagues, who mastered an
art to create a real mess in LaTeX files combining a bunch of crazy
macros with use of obsolete, buggy and incompatible packages consider
reading of the Friendly Manual a really unnecessary burden :-( And
even if the cannot explain why they need these packages they consider
removing or replacing them as a violation of the basic Rights and
Freedoms (you know, these packages came from my collaborator A and
those from B and those are my own, so since we write a joint paper we
must include everything in preambles :-)

And those who are ready to read 50 pages are ready to read 500 :-)

>
> >>
> >>
> >> I know you guys are all experts. But do you know some poor souls out
> >> there who would want to get started? I would send you the Short
> >> Course, including Appendix A on installation for a small price.
> >
> > I am one of the poor souls who is definitely interested.
> > Name your price.
>
> You write the report.
>
> GG
>
> >>
> >>
> >> A Short Report
> >>
> >> How long it took to do it, were there parts too difficult, parts over
> >> explained?
> >>
> >> Any takers?
> >
> > Yes, please.
> >
> > Regards
> > ajgB
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > AJG Baeumel   mailto:ajgB at st-maurices.n-lanark.sch.uk
> >
> >
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Victor Ivrii, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
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