Christoph Sch?fer wrote: > Maybe you found the wrong books. A personally prefer the books of > Helmut Kopka on LaTeX. They are written for bloody beginners an > advanced users alike, and I know at least some of them are translated > to English (do a google search on Helmut + Kopka + LaTeX). > Right on, Christoph, Helmut's the man (or should I say "Der Mann"?). I have the English translation (older edition):
http://www.awprofessional.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321173856&rl=1# >> In my linguistics classes I could never learn the subject just from >> the textbook. Once the prof has explained the subject in a lecture >> and there has been a class discussion of it, only then does the >> textbook finally start to make sense. > > > That sounds strange to me. What will you do when you finished your > studies? There is no prof to explain things to you then. You will have > to gather information yourself, from books and other sources. That's > what studies are all about, at least in Germany: training people to > work autonomously. The job of teachers and profs is being a guide in > achieving that goal. I was thinking something like this, but Christoph's right to the point. Sooner or later, we have to wean ourselves from those professors out there. Greg
