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From: ben@contact.uucp (Ben Eng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mathematical formula programs wanted.
Message-ID: <1990Sep9.161754.1813@contact.uucp>
Date: 9 Sep 90 16:17:54 GMT
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In <4082@newton.physics.purdue.edu> murphy@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (William J. Murphy) writes:
>NeXT's TeX is a joy to work with.  I thought that AmigaTeX was great until
>I discovered the joys of PostScript.  Using NeXT TeX you can import any
>Encapsulated PostScript file and TeX will figure out the placement and
>spacing for the figure(s).  Yes Amiga TeX can do that also, but AmigaTeX
>doesn't have Display PostScript.  (i.e. there will be another step to 
>preview the figures with something such as Post.)

It appears as though Tom has some serious intentions of integrating
post.library with AmigaTeX.  So you will soon (probably quite a ways
down the road, actually) be able to preview TeX with embedded EPSF
files all in one shot.  Wouldn't it be great if post.library slowly
got integrated into the standard Amiga OS...

>To be fair, I will give
>them both credit as excellant programs, Tom ported them they ought to be.

For sure!  I can't imagine anyone owning an Amiga without having
AmigaTeX also.  What a scary concept.

Ben
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