TeX专题指南
TEX by topic
Victor Eijkhout · 初版 1992 年
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“《TeX by Topic》是一本系统的参考手册，旨在作为该系统教程指南的配套读物。本书满载独创而实用的见解，提供了宝贵的信息资源，能够赋予 TeX 用户解决 TeX 问题所必需的关键洞察力。”[摘自封底] 这是一部关于 TeX 作为 programming language 的文笔优美、简明扼要且全面的论述 […] Eijkhout 的书并非互不关联词条的松散汇编，而是对 TeX 作为 programming language 如何运作的极具系统性的阐述。它虽非理想的入门读物，但绝对是一本必读
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……走向更系统的描述，并与更传统的编程语言概念建立联系（我花了好一阵子才意识到 TeX 通篇使用的本质上是 dynamic scope），我更喜欢《TeX by Topic》[1]。[1] https://www.eijkhout.net/tex/tex-by-topic.html
…to more systematic descriptions and connections with more conventional programming-language ideas (it took me some time to recognize that TeX uses what is essentially dynamic scope throughout), I like TeX by Topic[1]. [1] https://www.eijkhout.net/tex/tex-by-topic.html
要想搞懂 plain TeX，有三本书值得一看。我会建议先从 Viktor Eijkhout 的《TeX by Topic》开始（我记得 CTAN 上有免费的 PDF）。然后读《The TeXbook》来彻底融会贯通（网上流传的 PDF 都是非法的，请支持正版。DEK 把他的版税捐给了 TUG，所以你的购买……
There are three books that are worth looking at to get plain TeX. I’d start with Viktor Eijkhout’s TeX by Topic (which I think is free in PDF on CTAN). Then the TeXbook to really get everything (the PDFs that float around the net are illegal. Please buy your copy. DEK donated his royalties to TUG so your purchase…
如果你对这些细节感兴趣，Victor Eijkhout 的《TeX by Topic》也非常有启发性：http://www.eijkhout.net/texbytopic/texbytopic.html
If you're interested in those details, Victor Eijkhout's TeX by Topic is very instructive as well: http://www.eijkhout.net/texbytopic/texbytopic.html
……方法。TeX 本身是现存文档最完备的程序之一。不仅其内部工作机制在《The TeXbook》（以及其他作者写的一大批书中，比如 Eijkhout 的《TeX by Topic》）中有详尽记录，而且就连程序本身也是以“文学编程”（literate programming）风格编写的，带有排版精美的源代码（附带大量注释），不仅出了实体书（《计算机与排版》B卷），而且还作为……
…approach. TeX itself is one of the most heavily documented programs in existence. Not only are its workings documented in detail in The TeXbook (and a host of other books by other authors, such as Eijkhout's TeX by Topic) but even the program itself has been written in a “literate programming” style, with pretty formatted source code (with profuse comments) available in print (Vol B of Computers and Typesetting) and as…
……确实。曾经有面试官一上来就感谢我的简历排版精美而且言简意赅。哈哈。我打这段字时才注意到，我的桌面上正摆着 Eijkhout 的《TeX by Topic》、Lamport 写的 LaTeX 书以及 Goosens 等人著的《The LaTeX Companion》。怪不得我那些漂亮文档多半都是在这儿捣鼓出来的。
…Definitely. I've had interviewers start by thanking me for my CV being well-formatted and also short. Ha. I've just noticed that as I type this, I have literally in front of me on my desk Eijkhout's "Tex by Topic", Lamport's latex book and "The Latex Companion" by Goosens et al. This must be where I do most of my pretty document making.