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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 13:38:25 -0500
From: "Charles Hethcoat" <CHETHCOA@oss.oceaneering.com>
To: icon-group@optima.CS.Arizona.EDU
Subject: Fwd: Re: File Translators in Icon
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Anonymous <nobody@replay.com> wrote:
>Try Mathematica.
I'd love to give it a whirl. If I could just get my PHB to spring the =
long green for it. It's a little dear, and in that it conflicts with my =
innate cheapskate tendencies. What the world needs here is a good 5c =
cigar with a public license!
>RTF is a monstrosity.
Beyond doubt.
>Compare the file sizes of RTF versus equivalent HTML or even Word.
I found that out the hard way. One 30KB Word file grew to 650-odd KB when =
exported to RTF. But you know, fter I learned a little bit about =
PostScript, I understood why so many automatically-generated PS files are =
also huge. They basically carry a lot of baggage in the form of stock =
libraries of PS code that in many cases is not even used in a given =
graphic! If you write your own and are careful, you can usually make it =
_much_ smaller. A good example of a pretty efficient PS-generator is =
gnuplot.
I suspect the same thing happens with RTF. The files I have inspected =
seem to contain, e.g. font data and other junk that has a lot of overhead. =
Trouble is, I don't know enough about it to test that theory, and I'm not =
sure it's worth doing in the end.
Charles Hethcoat
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Subject: Re: File Translators in Icon
To: CHETHCOA@oss.oceaneering.com
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Try Mathematica. A new version just came out (v.4). It can handle all the math
typesetting you want. Converts to EPS, HTML, TeX, etc. Imports/exports a
variety of standard formats. There is an addon that lets you run Mathematica
from within MS Word directly.
http://www.wolfram.com/
RTF is a monstrosity. Compare the file sizes of RTF versus equivalent HTML or
even Word.
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From: Charles Hethcoat [mailto:CHETHCOA@oss.oceaneering.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 2:43 PM
To: icon-group@optima.CS.Arizona.EDU
Subject: File Translators in Icon
There always seems to be a nagging need to be able to translate between
different application file formats.
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