Would you like to learn to type "real" mathematics -- in TeX?

Here is an algorithm (partly tongue-in-cheek) for deciding how.

I.  IF your idea of a good computer is a Macintosh, or a Windows PC
    operated entirely with the mouse and icons, THEN
    
    *.  Get Scientific WorkPlace Student Edition (for Windows) from
        TCI Software Research/Brooks-Cole Publishing Co., and study
        the documentation.
        (At present this option requires about $150 cash.  I am agitating
        to get a university site license.)

II.  ELSE IF your idea of a good computer is an XTerm window into a Unix
     workstation, or a Windows PC with a DOS window up so that you can 
     type "copy a:*.* \mydir", THEN

     A.  IF your idea of a good programming language is C++, or the
         command languages of Mathematica and Maple, THEN

         *.  Read "LaTeX:  A Document Preparation System" by Leslie
             Lamport.

      B.  ELSE IF your idea of a good programming language is C or
          Fortran, with occasional excursions into assembly language,
          THEN

          *.  Read the complete "Gentle Introduction" and then read
              "The TeXbook" by Donald Knuth.