Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:3848 comp.sys.mac.apps:1837 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!scavo From: scavo@cs.uoregon.edu (Tom Scavo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Summary of info received on math equation formatters Summary: TeX produces the best hardcopy, but is difficult to use Keywords: TeX, wysiwyg, technical writing, mathematical equations Message-ID: <1990Oct5.023824.25594@cs.uoregon.edu> Date: 5 Oct 90 02:38:24 GMT References: <1990Sep28.160114.5204@eddie.mit.edu> <15631@yunexus.YorkU.CA> <1990Oct3.142236.14143@maths.tcd.ie> Sender: news@cs.uoregon.edu (Netnews Owner) Followup-To: comp.text Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon Lines: 23 In article <1990Oct3.142236.14143@maths.tcd.ie> tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes: >In <15631@yunexus.YorkU.CA> philip@yunexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough) writes: > > >>That being said, I think it is fairly obvious that equation editors are >>not the answer to the problems involved in typing documents of a mathematical >>nature. The issue of in-line equations, and the very idea of an equation >>being treated as a "picture" makes for editing,etc...a difficult task. > >As a matter of interest, >has anyone used TeX, and one of these 'equation editors', >and *not* settled for TeX? I think most everyone agrees that TeX output is superior to anything that the present generation of wysiwyg systems is capable of. But LOTS of people find TeX unintuitive and difficult to use. There certainly is room for software that offers the best of both worlds. -- Tom Scavo ---------