Re: LaTeX tutorial (focused on what Org exports) ??

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>]

On 2022-12-31, at 02:18, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.online> wrote:

> David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Anyone have a recommendation for a LaTeX tutorial that would
>> (especially) help me understand the LaTeX exported by Org and how to
>> enhance what is exported (new document classes, etc.).  I don't want
>> to
>> bore you all with a lot of questions, so I'm looking for a good
>> book.
>
> Org's latex exporter is exceptionally capable.  AFAICT, it doesn't
> have practical limits on the LaTeX it produces, at least for my
> academic use case.  I'm able to use all of the LaTeX packages I've
> ever wanted to use.
>
> With the world of LaTeX at your feet, I recommend The LaTeX Companion
> by Mittelbach and Goosens.  My well-worn copy is almost 20 years old,
> and I use it as often now as when I did all of my writing in LaTeX.
> Of course, there are many new LaTeX packages in the last 20 years, but
> LaTeX was very capable at the turn of the millennium and the few new
> packages I use were easy to discover by browsing.

The "Not so short introduction to LaTeX" is also a pretty nice resource.

Also, I'm the coauthor of a (free as in beer, a bit less free as in
speech - CC-BY-NC) textbook on LaTeX, but it will probably be of no use
for you, since it's in Polish;-).

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl