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Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning : 5th International Conference, Lpnmr '99, Ei Paso, Texas, Usa, December 2-4, 1999, Proceedings (Lecture)
Leone, N. Lpnmr '9 1999 El Paso(Editor) / Paperback / Expected December 1999
Price: $69.00 Back Ordered

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The Latex Web Companion : Integrating Tex, Html and Xml (Addison-Wesley Series on Tools and Techniques for Computer Typesetting)
Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz / Paperback / Published May 1999
Price: $36.95 - Ships in 24 hours
Describes tools and techniques for transforming LATEX sources into Web formats for electronic publication, and for transforming Web sources into LATEX documents for optimal printing. Contains chapters on portable document format, the LATEX2HTML translator, translating LATEX to HTML using TEX4ht, direct display of LATEX on the Web, markup languages and style sheet languages, and MathML. Includes a glossary. -- Copyright 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved

Digital Typography (Csli Lecture Notes, 78)
Donald Ervin Knuth / Hardcover / Published March 1999
Price: $90.00 - Ships in 24 hours
Donald Knuth's influence in computer science ranges from the invention of literate programming to the development of the TeX programming language. One of the foremost figures in the field of mathematical sciences, Knuth has written papers which are widely referenced and stand as milestones of development over a wide range of topics. In this collection, the second in the series, Knuth explores the relationship between computers and typography.

Digital Typography (Csli Lecture Notes, 78)
Donald Ervin Knuth / Paperback / Published March 1999
Price: $39.95 - Ships in 24 hours
Donald Knuth's influence in computer science ranges from the invention of literate programming to the development of the TeX programming language. One of the foremost figures in the field of mathematical sciences, Knuth has written papers which are widely referenced and stand as milestones of development over a wide range of topics. In this collection, the second in the series, Knuth explores the relationship between computers and typography.

Intelligent Tutoring Systems : 4th International Conference, Its'98, San Antonio, Texas, Usa, August 1998, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer scie
Its 1998 San Antonio, Tex.) Goettl, Barry International Conference / Hardcover / Published September 1998
Price: $89.00 Special Order

Tex Unbound : Latex and Tex Strategies for Fonts, Graphics, & More
Alan Hoening, Alan Hoenig / Paperback / Published April 1998
Price: $39.50 - Ships in 24 hours

Tex
Hardcover / Published March 1998
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Tex Murphy, Overseer: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Rick Barba / Paperback / Published March 1998
Price: $16.99 - Savings of: $3.00 (15%) Back Ordered
Most gaming fans know Tex Murphy as the star of Under a Killing Moon and The Pandora Directive. But the introduction to this well-written guide informs you that Tex made his first appearance in a game called Mean Streets way back in 1990. Since then the Tex Murphy games have developed into one of the most popular and successful series of adventure games around. Rick Barba's straightforward guide to Tex Murphy: Overseer walks you through the game step by step, leaving no stone unturned. The book includes a detailed list that outlines each item in the game, tells you where to find it, and explai...

Tex Unbound : Latex & Tex Strategies for Fonts, Graphics, & More
Alan Hoenig / Hardcover / Published January 1998
Price: $65.00 Special Order

The LaTex Graphics Companion : Illustrating Documents With Tex and Postscript (Addison-Wesley Series on Tools and Techniques for Computer Typesetting)
Michel Goossens, et al / Paperback / Published April 1997
Price: $39.95 - Ships in 24 hours
Complementing The Latex Companion, this new graphics companion book addresses one of the most common needs among uses of the LaTeX typesetting system: the incorporation of graphics into text. In addition to packages for general drawing, the book also describes more specific tools for mathematicians, physicists, chemists, engineers, and people interested in business graphics, games and music typesetting.

Communication and Architectural Support for Network-Based Parallel Computing : First International Workshop, Canpc'97, San Antonio, Texas, Usa, februa
Stunkel, Craig B. Canpc'9 1997 San Antonio(Editor) / Paperback / Published March 1997
Price: $52.95 Special Order

The Advanced Texbook
David S. Salomon / Paperback / Published December 1995
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
A complete course in TeX that will be suitable for users of TeX who want to advance beyond the basics. The initial chapters introduce the essential workings of TeX and the later chapters cover a wide range of advanced topics such as macros, conditionals, tokens, leaders, file I/O, the line- and page-break algorithms, and output routines.

A Tex Primer for Scientists/Book and Disk
Stanley A. Sawyer, Steven G. Krantz / Paperback / Published January 1995
Price: $52.95 Special Order

Making Tex Work
Norman Walsh / Unknown Binding / Published May 1994
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
Explains the interconnected and far-ranging world of TeX software, mostly public domain with some commercial, that gives TeX its power and flexibility. The software includes macro packages and format files, fonts, picture and figure macros, and a host of utilities including drivers, previewers, printing programs, online documentation facilities, graphics programs, and more. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Cweb System of Structured Documentation/Version 3.0
Silvio Levy(Contributor), Donald Ervin Knuth / Paperback / Published January 1994
Price: $24.95 - Ships in 2-3 days
This book describes Donald Knuth's WEB System, a language designed to produce the best possible documentation for computer programs. Specifically, it describes a version of WEB adapted to the C programming language by Silvio Levy. The CWEB software is freely available via anonymous ftp. This book explains what CWEB is and shows how to use it.

Tex and Latex : Drawing and Literate Programming/Book and Disk (McGraw-Hill Programming Tools for Scientists & Engineers)
Eitan M. Gurari / Hardcover / Published December 1993
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
This book introduces device-independent tools for drawing figures and creating macro programs from within TeX and LATeX. Intended for a mid-level audience, the volume explores the concepts behind the creation of macros, offers tutorials on how to use them effectively, and provides all the related source code in handy appendices.

Tex : Starting from 1
Michael Doob / Unknown Binding / Published October 1993
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
Designed for the complete newcomer to TeX, this book begins with simple exercises on typesetting text and slowly advances into more complex problems such as different types of mathematical constructions and tables. Presents a comprehensive overview of TeX with various tables included for quick references.

Writing With Tex (McGraw-Hill Programming Tools for Scientists and Engineers)
Eitan M. Gurari / Unknown Binding / Published October 1993
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
A complete tutorial introduction for anyone who needs to learn how to use TeX. Appendices. 10 illustrations.

Math into Tex
Paperback / Published August 1993
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Tex in Practice : Output Routines, Tables (Monographs in Visual Communication)
Stephan Von Bechtolsheim, et al / Hardcover / Published August 1993
Price: $225.95 - Ships in 24 hours
Interest in the computer typesetting program has surged since its PC form became available recently. This is the fourth and last volume of a thorough tutorial/reference, replete with examples and macros and suitable for novices as well as seasoned users. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Tex in Practice : Tokens, Macros (Monographs in Visual Communication)
Stephan Von Bechtolsheim, et al / Hardcover / Published August 1993
Price: $69.95 - Ships in 2-3 days
Volume three of the four-volume set discusses tokens, category codes, verbatim modes, token registers, TEX list processing, macros, macro expansion, conditionals and their applications, data and calendar macros, recursion, loop constructs, modes, testing TEX code, reading from and writing to files, and partial processing of a document. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Tex in Practice : Paragraphs, Math and Fonts (Monographs in Visual Communication)
Stephan Von Bechtolsheim, et al / Hardcover / Published August 1993
Price: $69.95 - Ships in 2-3 days
Teaches the fundamentals of the TEX (say it tek--avid users are always quick to correct one's pronunciation) computer typesetting system, illustrating each step with examples and including many ready- to-use macros. Volume two of the four-volume set covers building paragraphs in TEX, generating lists, typesetting math equations, fonts, TEX program variants, METAFONT, and the WEB system. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Tex in Practice : Basics (Monographs in Visual Communication)
Stephan Von Bechtolsheim, et al / Hardcover / Published August 1993
Price: $69.95 - Ships in 2-3 days
A compendium of information on TeX, this four-volume set offers detailed analysis of all features of TeX and many ready-to-use macros. TeX users of all levels will find this to be a valuable permanent source of information on one of the world's most powerful typesetting systems.

Tex in Practice - 4 Volumes
Stephan Von Bechtolsheim, et al / Hardcover / Published August 1993
Price: $240.00 - Ships in 24 hours
A compendium of information on TeX, this four-volume set offers a detailed analysis of all features of TeX and many ready-to-use-macros. TeX users of all levels will find this to be a valuable permanent source of information on one of the world's most powerful typesetting systems. 63 illustrations.

A Plain Tex Primer
Malcolm Clark / Unknown Binding / Published March 1993
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
This outstanding introductory primer demystifies and explains TeX, the widely popular typesetting and page make-up system that is especially designed to facilitate scientific and technical publishing. Accessibility written at an introductory level, the book explains how high-quality results can be obtained by someone with only a little TeX background. In a straightforward manner, it details why TeX approaches its subject in the way it does, and provides the context into which it fits. Special emphasis is placed on document structure and practical work. Scientists and researchers preparing thei...

Modern Tex and Its Applications/Book & Disk
Michael Vulis / Hardcover / Published January 1993
Price: $59.95 - Ships in 24 hours

Mathematical Tex by Example
Arvind Borde / Paperback / Published December 1992
Price: $42.00 Special Order
Mathematical TeX by Example is a useful tool for working with TeX, AmS-TeX, and LamSTeX. 12/92.

TeX for the Beginner
Wynter Snow / Paperback / Published February 1992
Price: $31.95 - Ships in 24 hours
TeX is now widely used for computer typesetting in mathematics, science, and engineering. This book is a carefully paced, tutorial introduction for people first learning the system. Special emphasis is given to what can go wrong, and how to fix it when it does. LaTeX notes are provided for use with a set of macros.

A Beginner's Book of Tex
Raymond Seroul, Silvio Levy / Paperback / Published July 1991
Price: $39.95 Special Order
Explains a computer typesetting system to beginning users, considering the wide range of interest the reader may have (humanities, sciences, professional typing, etc.) Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Tex for the Impatient
Paul W. Abrahams, et al / Paperback / Published July 1990
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
Contains a list of the most common problems that users encounter and their solutions. Organized by function and thoroughly indexed. Includes a complete description of control sequences. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Joy of Tex : A Gourmet Guide to Typesetting With the Ams-Tex MacRo Package
Michael Spivak / Paperback / Published April 1990
Price: $39.00 Special Order

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