Hi you can find some manuals in the
/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/doc/latex/general there is a manual called guide.dvi anyway you could look for the latexcook book in starlink home page. http://star-www.rl.ac.uk if you want I can send you several manuals. cheers miguel On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Johann Spies wrote: > I relatively new to Linux and totally new to TeX and LateX. > > I downloaded Debian 1.1 and enough of the TeX an LateX-files to get LateX > running on my computer. My problem is that the documentation supposes a > fair degree of knowledge of the philosophy behind TeX and LateX. > > As a tradisional Wordperfect user in a Dos-environment, I do not know where > to start, how to create and view a document, how to print and I do not find > anything in the Info-manual that could explain it to me except the reference > to two books I should read about Latex. The documentation explains a of > commands, but there is no introduction to Latex. > > Is there any introduction to LateX available somewhere? I do not want to > buy a book (and they are quite expensive here) before knowing enough to > decide whether I want to use the product seriously. > > > Johann Spies >
