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- From: varmint@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Samir Varma)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Tex vs WYSIWYG ( was Re: superVGA (and misc top-blowing), et. al.)
- Message-ID: <78086@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 19:50:16 GMT
- References: <1992Aug15.235739.10958@hellgate.utah.edu> <77928@ut-emx.uucp> <1992Aug19.012434.27424@hellgate.utah.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug19.012434.27424@hellgate.utah.edu> brian%jaguar.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
-
- Okay, let's start off by agreeing to continue to disagree.
-
- >\sqrt{...} is not worrying about format? Anything you type in TeX
- >that begins with \ is "worrying about format".
-
- No, once you learn the format (and it's embedded in your head) that really
- isn't worrying about format. That's just typing what you have in your head
- directly into ASCII.
-
- >However many
- >add-on packages are available now... perhaps one of them will allow
- >you to typeset equations TeX-style but leave you with the other benefits.
-
- Let me put it this way. If there was a word processor, which would allow me
- the full TeX feature set (not like Ami's limited one) and would allow me to
- embed my equations in my text by simply typing them then, and only then, will
- the WYSIWYG approach become more efficient than my current TeX/Emacs
- implemention. In fact, I can't wait for such a beast. The trouble with
- stuff from the commercial vendors is that I don't think they care too much
- about the rather specialised academic/mathematical market.
-
- Sure, given the above conditions, not only will I try it out, but I'll be
- the first on the block. But..., my point is that none of the current
- Word Processors allow this and their range of equation stuff is just too
- limited.
-
- >Your choice! Oh... I recently saw described a WYSIWYG front-end for TeX
- >that runs under Windows... if that is of interest I can dig up the
- >information. (It also shows that there is a group of TeX users that don't
- >think the use-emacs-to-type-it-in approach is so hot!)
-
- Yes, I know the one you're talking about. It was reviewed in PC Mag by
- Barry Simon (Physicist, CalTech). Firstly, it only supports LaTeX, and
- secondly, it's quite an unwieldy implementation.
-
- Finally, since the macros are already written for TeX, Word Basic doesn't
- do much good. It's the curse of the installed user base.
-
-
- Samir Varma
-
-