TeX for the Impatient

a ~350 page book on TeX, plain TeX, and Eplain, originally written by Paul Abrahams, Kathryn Hargreaves, and Karl Berry
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TeX for the Impatient

Summary

TeX for the Impatient is a GNU package[1].

Key Facts

  • TeX for the Impatient authored Paul W. Abrahams[2].
  • TeX for the Impatient authored Kathryn Ann Hargreaves[3].
  • TeX for the Impatient authored Karl Berry[4].
  • TeX for the Impatient's instance of is recorded as GNU package[5].
  • TeX for the Impatient's instance of is recorded as written work[6].
  • TeX for the Impatient's movement is recorded as free software movement[7].
  • TeX for the Impatient's movement is recorded as free-culture movement[8].
  • TeX for the Impatient's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 4354152502766910800007[9].
  • TeX for the Impatient's OCLC number is recorded as 630078656[10].
  • TeX for the Impatient's copyright license is recorded as GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.3 or later[11].
  • TeX for the Impatient's part of is recorded as GNU Project[12].
  • TeX for the Impatient's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • TeX for the Impatient's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • TeX for the Impatient's publication date is recorded as +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • TeX for the Impatient's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2910645W[16].
  • TeX for the Impatient's has edition or translation is recorded as Q132256027[17].
  • TeX for the Impatient's official website is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/software/teximpatient/[18].
  • TeX for the Impatient's main subject is recorded as TeX[19].
  • TeX for the Impatient's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 200451[20].
  • TeX for the Impatient's number of pages is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+357'}[21].
  • TeX for the Impatient's title is recorded as TeX for the Impatient[22].
  • TeX for the Impatient's Free Software Directory entry is recorded as Teximpatient[23].
  • TeX for the Impatient's ACM Digital Library citation ID is recorded as 575193[24].
  • TeX for the Impatient's copyright holder is recorded as Paul W. Abrahams[25].
  • TeX for the Impatient's copyright holder is recorded as Kathryn Ann Hargreaves[26].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Authored works include Paul W. Abrahams[2], a computer scientist[27], of United States[28], awarded the ACM Fellow[29]; Kathryn Ann Hargreaves[3], a typographer[30]; and Karl Berry[4], a production editor[31], of United States[32].

Publication

TeX for the Impatient's publication date is recorded as +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its part of is recorded as GNU Project[12].

Subject and Themes

TeX for the Impatient's main subject is recorded as TeX[19]. Movements include free software movement[7] and free-culture movement[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] ↑ . Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [25] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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