On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, D.L.Whiteley (Dave) wrote:
> I am just starting to play with LaTeX for the first time. According
> to the book "LaTeX A Document Preparation System" by Leslie Lamport,
> there should be a document called the Local Guide distributed with
> the software.
>
> Where do I find it in the Debian Hamm distribution?
>
$ locate guide | grep -i latex
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/base/cfgguide.dvi
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/base/clsguide.dvi
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/base/fntguide.dvi
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/base/modguide.dvi
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/base/usrguide.dvi
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/general/guide.dvi
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/general/guide.ps
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/graphics/grfguide.ps
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/psfrag/pfgguide.ps
/usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/ltxguide.cls
/usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/config/ltxguide.cfg
I would try
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/base/usrguide.dvi
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/general/guide.dvi
/usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/general/guide.ps
first.
In addition to that, use the info files from emacs or xemacs.
Johann
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