From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Allan Streib Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: RTF for emacs Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 19:13:03 -0400 Message-ID: <871tvhlaf4.fsf@indiana.edu> References: <878upp5wto.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1401059621 17573 80.91.229.3 (25 May 2014 23:13:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 23:13:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Robert Thorpe , Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 26 01:13:34 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wohbi-0005k5-Ew for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 May 2014 01:13:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53709 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wohbi-0001Uo-0e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 19:13:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46690) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WohbP-0001Tm-DU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 19:13:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WohbH-0003JK-Cw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 19:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from hartman.uits.indiana.edu ([129.79.1.194]:12790) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WohbH-0003JF-8u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 19:13:07 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.98,908,1392181200"; d="scan'208";a="141953017" Original-Received: from mssg-relay.indiana.edu ([129.79.1.73]) by irpt-internal-relay.indiana.edu with ESMTP; 25 May 2014 19:13:05 -0400 Original-Received: from hartman.uits.indiana.edu (belushi.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.1.188]) by mssg-relay.indiana.edu (8.14.7/8.14.4/IU Messaging Team) with ESMTP id s4PND3RW010038; Sun, 25 May 2014 19:13:04 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.98,908,1392181200"; d="scan'208";a="73942394" Original-Received: from candy.uits.indiana.edu (HELO mail-relay.iu.edu) ([129.79.1.201]) by irpt-internal-relay.indiana.edu with ESMTP; 25 May 2014 19:13:03 -0400 Original-Received: from viking (156-56-93-99.dhcp-bl.indiana.edu [156.56.93.99]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail-relay.iu.edu (8.14.7/8.14.4/IU Messaging Team Submission) with ESMTP id s4PND3PR024843 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 25 May 2014 19:13:03 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (1000@localhost [local]); by localhost (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 9de34eba; Sun, 25 May 2014 19:13:03 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <878upp5wto.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.17+186~g69867c3 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-openbsd) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 129.79.1.194 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:97865 Archived-At: Robert Thorpe writes: > I've tried to learn it. I found it difficult to learn and I found > the resources on the internet poor. Almost all of them seem to assume > that the user has read one of the books on the subject already. I learned the basics from _Learning LaTeX_ by Griffiths and Higham. http://www.amazon.com/Learning-LaTeX-David-F-Griffiths/dp/0898713838 It's a small book, but gives you enough to get going on the basics. It is written for the beginner and presents just the essentials. You can then learn more from other resources as your needs/desires dictate. Allan