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- From: rpomeroy@aunext3.cam.amd.com (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop))
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
- Subject: Re: What DTP/WP do tables (other than Frame)?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.145429.23268@dvorak.amd.com>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 14:54:29 GMT
- References: <1992Aug18.023119.19334@lsa.umich.edu>
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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
-
- YES YeS yES YEs !!!!
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- Ronald Pomeroy
- Advanced Micro Devices
- CAM Applications Group
- rpomeroy@aunext3.amd.com
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