594 - The computer science of TeX and LaTeX

This is the official web page for the 594 course The computer science of TeX and LaTeX, fall 2004.

The main handout can be bought from Graphic Creations, Lake Avenue (behind Wendy's). Find the other handouts here.

The recommended textbook about LaTeX is

Guide to LaTeX (fourth edition)
Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly
ISBN 0-321-17385-6

The university bookstore has a few copies, but you can probably get it cheaper from bookpool, ecampus, amazon; search bookfinder for other sources.

A number of books have been put on reserve in the library.

Chapters:

LaTeX, slides and handout. Homework is due August 31.
TeX programming, slides; for handout use the book `TeX by Topic'; Homework is due September 14.
TeX visuals, slides; for handout use the book `TeX by Topic'; Homework is due September 21.
Parsing slides and handout; further handouts about lex and yacc. Homework about parsing (only exercise 6 and 7) and yacc due October 5th.
Hashing slides and handout. Homework due October 12th.