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Is there original TexBook by Knuth? Everything I've found surfing the Internet does not seem complete book, I want to learn pure plain-Tex, try it,compare its advantages and disadvantages with LaTex and so on. Sorry if it is a duplicate.

M.Mass
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    Go into a library (if you're a student, go into the library of your college). Most (science oriented) should have it. – Skillmon Jul 02 '17 at 19:35
  • @Skillmon, I am from Russia, there's cult of M$ word everywhere, and tex and co is not widely used – M.Mass Jul 02 '17 at 19:39
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    I'm from Germany and here most of the people use MS Wort, too. But still, the library of my University has multiple copies of the TeXBook around. So if there is a University around you that teaches physics, maths or something like that, chances are that it has the TeXBook. – Skillmon Jul 02 '17 at 19:43
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    TeX by Topic is available for free, and might be installed with your LaTeX distribution, try texdoc texbytopic from a command line/terminal. (Or get it from CTAN: https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/texbytopic) The TeXbook is not available for free, though the source is also available on CTAN. – Torbjørn T. Jul 02 '17 at 19:45
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    Perhaps of interest: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/7278/ https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/62903/ https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/290306/ https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/49/ Edit: And https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/10841/should-i-read-donald-knuths-the-texbook/10844#10844 – Torbjørn T. Jul 02 '17 at 19:49
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    The source of the TeX Book is available for free, so you can read its code. Otherwise, you have to beg, borrow or buy a copy. (It is quite expensive, sadly.) – cfr Jul 02 '17 at 19:51
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    A note: Any links to PDF versions of The TeXbook should be flagged and will be deleted. The copyright status of the work is clear: it's not legitimately available as a PDF. – Joseph Wright Jul 02 '17 at 20:22
  • welcome to plain TeX users:) – wipet Jul 02 '17 at 21:16
  • This is also a topic that I am very much interested, however, your question has conflicting statements. If you are asking whether there is an original TexBook by Knuth, yes there is; but you already know this. What exactly are you asking? – berkus Jul 02 '17 at 23:14
  • @berkus the op seems to mean "where can I find an online copy (pdf?) to download it". The short answer, as others have pointed out, is "nowhere", at least legally; what you can get readily is the source code, under the explicit condition of not texing it into the printable book. – jarnosc Jul 03 '17 at 04:15
  • You can learn "pure plain TeX" from many sources; my absolute favourite (also strongly recommended by Hans Hagen in the preface to the ConTeXt manual) is A Beginner's Book of TeX by Raymond Seroul and Silvio Levy. Look for the book if you can find it (it will take you from beginner to expert); otherwise, free online resources include A Gentle Introduction to TeX by Michael Doob (texdoc gentle) and TeX for the impatient by Abrahams+Hargreaves+Berry. – ShreevatsaR Jul 03 '17 at 12:59
  • @erreka, no, I more about "where can I find book with lots of examples", cause there's no such a problem with LaTex – M.Mass Jul 04 '17 at 13:56
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    @ShreevatsaR, thanks for the point, A Beginner's Book of TeX looks and seems really useful with overall explanation – M.Mass Jul 04 '17 at 13:58

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