General ⇒ Is there a TeX/LaTeX dictionary?

[Julian_S_Moore]

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

[gmedina]

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]

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.

[cgnieder]

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

Best

[Stefan Kottwitz]

And I just deleted that not constructive post