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- From: jblencoe@blencoe.chem.ornl.gov (James G. Blencoe)
- Subject: Re: What DTP/WP do tables (other than Frame)?---EqB?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.160655.19516@ornl.gov>
- Keywords: EqB, tables
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- Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- References: <1992Aug18.172935.6287@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:06:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.172935.6287@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Cahalan) writes:
- > 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.
-
- Allow me to add my name to the list of people who would be interested in
- such a product. I also would like to see it bundled with EqB, as Mr.
- Cahalan suggests in his post.
-
- Jim
-