Thanks for the replies, Liz and Justin. I came across a free LaTeX book [1] at Wikibooks [2]. The book is evidently a featured book there due to its good content and formatting. It is downloadable as a PDF as well as it is readable online. I have not read through it yet, but it looks to be a 295 page book. Here is a brief description of the book from its main Wikibooks page: This is a guide to the *LaTeX* markup language. It is intended that this can serve as a useful resource for everyone from new users who wish to learn, to old hands who need a quick reference. I am going to search for tutorials as well, and hopefully I can just print them to PDF. My Internet connection, though fast as it is, can be slightly flaky sometimes, so I like to have materials on-hand. I plan to possibly start reading this book after I finish the current book which I am reading. I actually have a book which I began writing while I was still using windows (it was a fictional novel), and I may just port it over and redo it using LaTeX. I stopped writing it sometime back in 2004...I hope to pick it up and finish it one day. Once again, thanks for the replies. Take care, everyone. [1] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX [2] http://www.wikibooks.org/ On 03/01/2012 06:51 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > I learned LaTeX back in 2006 by reading on the internet. I also took a semester class in 2007, but I mostly learned from the online tutorials. > On 01-03-2012, at 16:12, Liz Hare wrote: > >> Hi Robert, >> >> I'm not Jason, but I wrote my dissertation in LaTex 14 years ago. Back then, I had someone read me the print books that had been written on the subject. I'm not sure what resources are out there now, but I bet there is a lot of online documentation. It's also helpful to look at the .tex files for documents others have written that have similar features to those you want. >> >> It was great. I had way more control of the formatting and tables than I ever could have had with a word processor. I think if you are taking on a project like writing a thesis or a book, it's definitely worthwhile. >> >> The disappointing part was that once I finished the degree and made it out into the real world (working in the life sciences), I couldn't use it much. Journal articles had to be submitted in Word. I didn't have any coworkers who knew LaTeX and so many documents, like grant applications, had to be in word processing files. If I had the opportunity to work on a large writing project now, I'd have a lot to re-learn, and things have probably also changed a lot since then. But I still use the notation from LaTeX to communicate with sighted people about equations. >> >> Liz >> >> Liz Hare PhD >> Dog Genetics LLC >> doggene at earthlink.net >> http://www.doggenetics.com >> >> On 3/1/2012 6:47 PM, Robert cole wrote: >>> Jason, >>> >>> Sorry to divert this, but I have read about you writing your thesis >>> using LaTeX on the Orca list in the past. I was always curious and >>> wanted to ask you what resources you used to learn LaTeX. I've been >>> working to learn both vi and Emacs, and I think I would rather use LaTeX >>> than a GUI word processor for different projects. >>> >>> As far as the Raspberry Pi goes, I am definitely planning on getting one >>> (or more, if possible) when they are offered with cases. It is so >>> wonderful to see all of these nice flashy Linux systems coming out. >>> >>> Although the price is out of range for me right now, I'd like to get my >>> hands on a KDE Plasma Active powered Spark tablet [1] one of these days. >>> this looks like a very promising device, especially as KDE is seeming to >>> become more accessible thanks to QT-AT-SPI, Orca, and all of the other >>> projects which are being developed. This is definitely getting exciting! >>> >>> Take care, and my apologies for my diversion from the original topic. >>> >>> [1] http://makeplaylive.com/ >>> >>> On 03/01/2012 03:17 PM, Jason White wrote: >>>> Littlefield, Tyler<speakup at braille.uwo.ca> wrote: >>>>> emacs. I love it, especially with emacspeak. >>>> And to be more specific, AucTeX mode for anything complicated and >>>> Org-mode for >>>> notes and other simple documents. >>>> >>>> I wrote my thesis in Emacs, with BRLTTY operating the braille display and >>>> emacspeak for speech output, and, of course, Git for revision control >>>> of the >>>> files. TeX gives better typeset output, reputedly, than popular word >>>> processors and you can use a good text editor such as Emacs for input. >>>> I've >>>> been using LaTeX instead of a word processor since 1998, so there was >>>> no doubt >>>> as to what tool to use when it came to writing my thesis. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
