Re: Lyx package recommends sgml-tools, but...
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 10:07:53PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote:
> Brian Potkin <brian@copernicus.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > /usr/share/doc/tetex-doc/texmf is your rather overwhelming starting
> > point. Diving into latex/general gets you what you want.
>
> You can use the 'texdoc' tool to conveniently read a file in this
> tree. For a good beginner's reference, I'd recommend "The Not So
> Short Introduction to LaTeX2e" ('texdoc lshort').
texdoc is fine when the exact file name is known, which would imply a
familiarisation with what is available. Who would guess that `texdoc
user' is what you need to read documentation about the babel package?
Exploring tex's range of documentation is made more convenient with
texdoctk. It is available on Debian but does require X.
Brian.
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