What are other good resources on-line for information about TeX, LaTeX and friends?
Newsgroups:
- comp.text.tex: Usenet discussion group for TeX and LaTeX
- de.comp.text.tex: German Usenet discussion group for TeX and LaTeX
- fr.comp.text.tex: French Usenet group
- es.comp.lenguajes.tex: Spanish Usenet group
Web forums:
- TeX, LaTeX and friends on Stack Exchange
- TeXWelt: in German, with format and organization very similar to TeX.SE
- LaTeX-Community.org: LaTeX-dedicated web forum
- goLaTeX Deutsch: German LaTeX forum, with Wiki
- mrunix.de: very frequented German LaTeX subforum of a programmers site
- qa.parsilatex.com: in Persian
- LaTeX.net.br: Brazilian/Portuguese LaTeX web forum and wiki
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
- UK TeX FAQ: FAQ of the UK TeX Users Group, maintained by Robin Fairbairns
- The Visual LaTeX FAQ: formatting samples available through a hyperlink interface
- MacTeX FAQ: Mac OS X specific questions and answers
- AMS FAQ: FAQ for AMS-LaTeX, primarily for AMS authors, but also dealing with
amsmath
and with LaTeX in general - de-tex-faq: FAQ of the German TeX user group DANTE e.V.
- Picture FAQ: How to Include Pictures, in German
Software and Package Archives and Catalogues:
- CTAN - The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network: the authoritative collection of materials related to TeX and LaTeX
- The TeX Catalogue Online: TeX/LaTeX package catalogue with topical, hierarchical, brief and alphabetical index
- TeX Resources on the Web: Collection by the TeX User Group
- The LaTeX Font Catalogue: displays nearly all free fonts available for use with LaTeX
Wikis:
- The LaTeX Wiki book on wikibooks.org
- goLaTeX wiki: German wiki with language reference and package information
- LaTeX-Wiki: German wiki
Mailing lists:
- texhax: the original TeX mailing list, going back to the 1980's
- mailing lists of the TeX Users Group: around 50 lists on tug.org for general subjects and certain packages
- mailing lists on gmane.org: among many lists there are several TeX related mailing lists
- ctan-ann - CTAN Announcements: announcements of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network: updates, new packages etc.
- pgf-users: mailing list for pgf/TikZ
- Typo-L: discussion of type and typographic design
- tex-d-l: German mailing list for TeX and LaTeX
User group sites:
- TUG - TeX Users Group
- UK-TUG: TeX in the United Kingdom
- DANTE e.V.: German users group
- The LaTeX Project
- more groups listed by the TUG
- ParsiLaTeX: Iranian users group
Blogs:
- TeXblog: News and information by Stefan Kottwitz
- Some TeX Developments: blog by LaTeX developer Joseph Wright
- LaTeX Alive: blog by Will Robertson
- LaTeX for Humans: Tips, resources and tutorials
- texblog | because LaTeX matters
- more to be found on texample.net/community
Distributions - where to get a complete TeX system:
- TeX Live: TeX system for Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows
- MiKTeX: user-friendly TeX system for Windows
- proTeXt: easy-to-install distribution for Windows, based on MiKTeX
- MacTeX: TeX Live customized for Mac OS X with useful additions
Editors:
- Cross-platform: Texmaker, TeXstudio, TeXworks, Emacs
- Windows: TeXnicCenter, WinEdt (community), LEd, LaTeX-Editor, WinShell
- Linux: Kile, gedit and plugin
- Mac OS X: TeXShop
- Also see LaTeX Editors/IDEs
Viewers:
- see Output viewers topic for all platforms and formats
Friends: - Software related to TeX and LaTeX
- The ConTeXt Garden
- LyX homepage and wiki
- LuaTeX
- GNU TeXmacs
http://wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX
And you can even help improving it yourself :)
The UK TeX FAQ, where you'll the answer to what you're looking for surprisingly often.