“Last week I showed how to process TeX and LaTeX input files.
Now that you’re familiar with how to print and preview these files,
we can start making input files using these simple, boilerplate
templates.”
“To make a document with TeX or LaTeX, you generally use
your favorite text editor to write an input file containing the
text with the appropriate markup. Then, you process this TeX or
LaTeX input file to create an output file in the DVI format, which
you can then preview, convert or print.“
“For presenting a programming language, it’s an old tradition
among programmers to give a simple program that just outputs the
text “Hello, world” to the screen; such a program is usually just
detailed enough to give those unfamiliar with the language a feel
for its basic syntax….”
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