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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 tom wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Talking of Ubuntu courses >> >> http://ubuntu-manual.org/ >> >> printed it costs £6.17 which isn't bad really >> >> I think its worth it, >> >> anyway also downloadable for free, (pdf) however LaTeX was used to write >> the book as far as I am aware anyway. >> > now if they'd done it in HTML.... > Tom te tom te tom > LaTeX is a typesetting language so is designed for producing documents such as this, HTML is designed for screen viewing only, sometimes is helpful to be able to print out and makes notes on a printed page. With HTML I can't do complex chemical formula, or mathematical formula, at all ,where as LaTeX allows this to be done with very little effort. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 10.04 is 29th April : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details DCGLUG MEETINGS - Details on www.dcglug.org.uk/ - please click on Group meetings link on right hand side Aged 11 - 19 then dfey may be for you, please goto http://www.dfey.org for more details -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkva6NMACgkQaggq1k2FJq3BOACeICXxo9PVgyaoufSEEg+T5ZJK Az4An320fjEhnu3W+gf8i2OjlImZVB9k =AE27 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html