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should be illegal to own this book if you aren't already very comfortable using LaTex, However, when you are ready to move beyond the default formatting of the LaTex macros, this book is absolutely necessary.
I recently had to write my own document class for Technical Yeah, the index is pretty appalling yeah, learning LaTeX via this route was rough nevertheless, short of trying to decipher the minimally commented LaTeX source code, it's the only place to find a wide variety of facts.
Speaking of the source code, isn't it about This book is such a hack it would be useful if presented in typeset LaTeX.
It has no breadth, no sense of coverage, It's not a matter of being for advanced users, it's a matter of being hacked together from digital scraps instead of properly written.
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remark on the title: this is not a companion to theprogram, but rather a companion to some other book on LaTeX you shouldhave.
I bought this book back in, when it was the first book onLaTeXe, and by now it is thoroughly worn though the binding is still doing Some people seem to critize this book for not being readable.
In a way this is true, because it is not written for a beginner in LaTeX, Use another shorter book to learn the basics of LaTex, This book however is great as a reference when writing a paper etc, It covers all The bottom line is: This is the most useful book on latexe that I own, I use it all the time, This is not a great book, but there aren't many good books on latexe and this is probably the best or close to best there is.
There aren't good books on latex there are My personal favorite, I have been using both the German and the English version of this boock since, and I just love it.
Granted, the world has moved on, and many things about LaTeX have changed and still are, and yet, there is so much information in this book.
I only The companion to the book LATEX by Leslie Ramport, Many topics which are not or only sparely covered in Leslie Ramports book, are here dealt with in depth and with creat clarity.
It contains a lot of examples with both, LATEX code and how it would look,shippingIn stock soon. .