Ebook: TEX in Practice: Volume III: Tokens, Macros

TEX has always been regarded as the most elegant and powerful system for computer typesetting. However, its widespread use beyond academia was hampered by its complexity. Recently, fairly good TEX implementations have come out for PC's putting TEX on the disks of many people including writers, designers, desktop publishers, and engineers. Consequently, interest in TEX has surged. What is needed at this point is a book that teaches step-by-step how to use TEX, illustrating each step with relevant examples. This is exactly what S. v. Bechtolsheim's book does. It is a tutorial and guide for the first-time user of TEX, as well as a reference for the more experienced "TEXpert." TEX in Practice will appear as a four volume set, starting with TEX in Practice, Volume 1: Basics; TEX in Practice, Volume 2: Paragraphs, Math and Fonts; TEX in Practice, Volume 3: Tokens, Macros; TEX in Practice, Volume 4: Output Routines, Tables. TEX in Practice will be an indispensable reference for the TEX community and a guide through the first step for the TEX novice.

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TEX has always been regarded as the most elegant and powerful system for computer typesetting. However, its widespread use beyond academia was hampered by its complexity. Recently, fairly good TEX implementations have come out for PC's putting TEX on the disks of many people including writers, designers, desktop publishers, and engineers. Consequently, interest in TEX has surged. What is needed at this point is a book that teaches step-by-step how to use TEX, illustrating each step with relevant examples. This is exactly what S. v. Bechtolsheim's book does. It is a tutorial and guide for the first-time user of TEX, as well as a reference for the more experienced "TEXpert." TEX in Practice will appear as a four volume set, starting with TEX in Practice, Volume 1: Basics; TEX in Practice, Volume 2: Paragraphs, Math and Fonts; TEX in Practice, Volume 3: Tokens, Macros; TEX in Practice, Volume 4: Output Routines, Tables. TEX in Practice will be an indispensable reference for the TEX community and a guide through the first step for the TEX novice.

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TEX has always been regarded as the most elegant and powerful system for computer typesetting. However, its widespread use beyond academia was hampered by its complexity. Recently, fairly good TEX implementations have come out for PC's putting TEX on the disks of many people including writers, designers, desktop publishers, and engineers. Consequently, interest in TEX has surged. What is needed at this point is a book that teaches step-by-step how to use TEX, illustrating each step with relevant examples. This is exactly what S. v. Bechtolsheim's book does. It is a tutorial and guide for the first-time user of TEX, as well as a reference for the more experienced "TEXpert." TEX in Practice will appear as a four volume set, starting with TEX in Practice, Volume 1: Basics; TEX in Practice, Volume 2: Paragraphs, Math and Fonts; TEX in Practice, Volume 3: Tokens, Macros; TEX in Practice, Volume 4: Output Routines, Tables. TEX in Practice will be an indispensable reference for the TEX community and a guide through the first step for the TEX novice.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xlvi
Tokens, Category Codes, Verbatim Modes....Pages 1-63
More on Tokens....Pages 65-115
Token Registers, TEX List Processing....Pages 117-149
Macros....Pages 151-204
Macros, Expansion Issues....Pages 205-234
More on Macro-Related Items....Pages 235-280
Advanced Macro Concepts....Pages 281-316
Conditionals and Their Applications....Pages 317-356
Date and Calendar Macros....Pages 357-396
Recursion, Loop Constructs, Modes, Testing of TEX Code and Related Items....Pages 397-445
Reading From and Writing To Files....Pages 447-487
More on Input and Output....Pages 489-534
Partial Processing of a Document....Pages 535-579
More on the Partial Processing of a Document....Pages 581-613
Back Matter....Pages 616-656

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TEX has always been regarded as the most elegant and powerful system for computer typesetting. However, its widespread use beyond academia was hampered by its complexity. Recently, fairly good TEX implementations have come out for PC's putting TEX on the disks of many people including writers, designers, desktop publishers, and engineers. Consequently, interest in TEX has surged. What is needed at this point is a book that teaches step-by-step how to use TEX, illustrating each step with relevant examples. This is exactly what S. v. Bechtolsheim's book does. It is a tutorial and guide for the first-time user of TEX, as well as a reference for the more experienced "TEXpert." TEX in Practice will appear as a four volume set, starting with TEX in Practice, Volume 1: Basics; TEX in Practice, Volume 2: Paragraphs, Math and Fonts; TEX in Practice, Volume 3: Tokens, Macros; TEX in Practice, Volume 4: Output Routines, Tables. TEX in Practice will be an indispensable reference for the TEX community and a guide through the first step for the TEX novice.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xlvi
Tokens, Category Codes, Verbatim Modes....Pages 1-63
More on Tokens....Pages 65-115
Token Registers, TEX List Processing....Pages 117-149
Macros....Pages 151-204
Macros, Expansion Issues....Pages 205-234
More on Macro-Related Items....Pages 235-280
Advanced Macro Concepts....Pages 281-316
Conditionals and Their Applications....Pages 317-356
Date and Calendar Macros....Pages 357-396
Recursion, Loop Constructs, Modes, Testing of TEX Code and Related Items....Pages 397-445
Reading From and Writing To Files....Pages 447-487
More on Input and Output....Pages 489-534
Partial Processing of a Document....Pages 535-579
More on the Partial Processing of a Document....Pages 581-613
Back Matter....Pages 616-656
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