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- From: jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (John Fieber)
- Subject: Re: Word processor with equation layout support?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.020429.12826@sophia.smith.edu>
- Sender: root@sophia.smith.edu (Operator)
- Organization: Smith College
- References: <1992Nov21.220047.3300@nic.csu.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:04:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.220047.3300@nic.csu.net> vpopesc@opus.uucp (Valentin Popescu) writes:
- >Is there an amiga wordprocessor (WYSIWYG, NOT TeX), that supports
- >equation layout? (such as FrameMaker, etc)? I looked at FinalCopy in a
-
- Well, um, ... TeX with a good previewer and a couple ARexx
- scripts to tie it into your editor.
-
- Seriously, TeX isn't the easiest thing to learn but it *is* quite
- easy to use once you get past the learning curve (cliff).
- Honestly, I don't do much stuff with math but I have diddled with
- various graphical equation editors and found them to be rather
- cumbersome when compared to TeX. It seems that as the learning
- curve flattens, the ease of use suffers; easy to learn and hard to
- use versus hard to learn and easy to use.
-
- I have yet to meet a single person who has ever regretted
- spending the time to learn TeX. The only possible problem is the
- tremendous frustration you will encounter when forced to use a
- "normal" wordprocessor for something.
-
- -john
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