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- From: cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Cahalan)
- Subject: Re: What DTP/WP do tables (other than Frame)?---EqB?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.172935.6287@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- References: <1992Aug18.023119.19334@lsa.umich.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:29:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.023119.19334@lsa.umich.edu> Hal.Varian@umich.edu
- writes:
- > In article <1992Aug17.213921.9430@athena.mit.edu>
- > ray@mtl.mit.edu (Ray Ghanbari) writes:
- > > That having been said, we have been toying with the idea of
- > fleshing out
- > > our Matrix class so that it can form the basis of a legitimate
- > table
- > > editor (TableBuilder?) that does all the wonderful things that
- > one would
- > > hope for. The only question we had was whether there really
- > was a need
- > > for this sort of thing. Comments, wish lists, PO's??? :-)
- > >
- > > Ray Ghanbari
- > > Digital Tool Works
- > > ray@dtw.com
- >
- > I strongly encourage you to do this. In fact, I spoke with one
- > of your representatives at the Mathematica convention in Boston
- > suggesting that this would be a great product. A lot more
- > people produce tables than equations (for better or worse.)
- >
- > Ideally, TableBuilder should be a palette object. That way it
- > can be part of spreadsheets, stat packages, presentation
- > packages, publishing, etc., etc.. It should produce output in
- > EPS or in TeX. You can sell the palette object, along with a
- > front end for it like EqB.
- > ---
- > Hal.Varian@umich.edu Hal Varian
- > voice: 313-764-2364 Dept of Economics
- > fax: 313-764-2364 Univ of Michigan
- > Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220
-
- I second what Hal has said. The only thing I would add is that, while
- there will be some non-EqB people wanting TableBuilder (TaB), EVERY user
- of EqB will also want TaB, especially if it outputs TeX. Thus, you
- probably ought to provide a "package deal" and also an upgrade for current
- users of EqB, like me.
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