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From: phil@waikato.ac.nz (Phil Etheridge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Info on MathWriter 2.0
Message-ID: <1991May27.135548.3814@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 27 May 91 01:55:48 GMT
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Hal Perkins writes:
> 
> A TeX extension is an obvious candidate.  The
> main problem seems to be that their publisher, Brooks/Cole, apparently
> isn't convinced there is enough demand for TeX output to justify
> funding it.
> 
> If you think TeX output is a good idea/necessary feature be sure to
> tell Brooks/Cole.  If you won't buy MathWriter 2.0 until it supports
> TeX output let them know that also.  I suspect they will take the hint
> if enough people ask.

Their two main competitors, MathType and Expressionist both do this,
I wonder why *they* bothered...

If they produced a converter that translated a whole document directly
into TeX, I think they'd be onto a winner.  (Another similar product,
Formulator, claims to do this, but it's implementation is lousy).  The
other two neccessitate labourious equation-by-equation conversion.

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