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Julian_S_Moore · Post by **Julian_S_Moore** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:06 pm

Having only just appreciated the fundamental difference between a "skip" (bottom to bottom spacing) and a "separation" (bottom to top spacing) I wondered if there was a TeX/LaTeX dictionary that told one what terms meant?

I think it would save me a lot of hair-loss...

Thanks

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gmedina · Post by **gmedina** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:39 pm

Hi,

The following books contain a good descrption of the main commands:

For TeX:

TeX by Topic, by Victor Eijkhout
The TeXbook, by Donald E. Knuth

For LaTeX:

The LaTeX Companion (2nd Edition), by Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, and David Carlisle.

You can also get some online information on basic commands, here:

Hypertext Help with LaTeX

Julian_S_Moore · Post by **Julian_S_Moore** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:32 am

Thanks for gmedina - I've already got The TeXBook, and now I've also got TeX by topic... will take a look at it soon... contents look promising.

Post by **cgnieder** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:19 pm

ShayneThill wrote:Hahaha. there is no that dictionary, so wear hair wigs for your hair loss.

Well, there are a few attempts, e.g., http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/ ... atex-terms

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Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:24 pm

And I just deleted that not constructive post

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