Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!psuvax1!husc6!m2c!wpi!john From: john@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Where can I get AmigaTeX Message-ID: <4334@wpi.wpi.edu> Date: 28 Sep 89 15:28:18 GMT References: <221@digi.UUCP> <856@madnix.UUCP> <228@estinc.UUCP> <1855@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass. Lines: 29 In-reply-to: pepers@cpsc.ucalgary.ca's message of 27 Sep 89 20:45:33 GMT In article <1855@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> pepers@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Bradley Pepers) writes: >Would anyone recomend TeX for writing a book (NOT a manual)? Or would a WP >like WordPerfect be better? I wouldn't recommend TeX for writing the book, but I would recommend LaTeX! LaTeX has all the power of TeX, but it is much easier to use and understand. LaTeX was written by Leslie Lamport and can be found a some computer stores. Most likely you should goto a college bookstore to look for it. Or you can post a message on Comp.text and ask for more info. You can get LaTeX (and TeX, SliTeX, BibTeX, etc...) from Tom Rockiki of Radical Eye Software, and I'm sorry but I don't have their address. Good luck! John Oh, remember that LaTeX is not WYSIWYG, it is a "Document Preparation System" program. More LaTeX info... "LaTeX: A document Preparation System" by Leslie Lamport, ISBN 0-201-15790-X, published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. -- John Stoffel | john@wpi.bitnet | What can you expect of a day WPI, Box 2432 | john@wpi.wpi.edu | that begins with getting up Worcester, MA 01609 | husc6!m2c!wpi!john | in the morning? --Damm the Disclaimers! Full flame ahead!--