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From: barry@reed.UUCP (Barry Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: WYSIWYG equations.
Summary: definition requested!
Message-ID: <16498@reed.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 91 20:00:16 GMT
References: <10983@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Reply-To: barry@reed.edu (Barry Smith)
Organization: Blue Sky Research, Portland Oregon USA
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In article <10983@castle.ed.ac.uk> egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk (JHenderson) writes:
>Is there a package that makes WYSIWYG equations to the same quality
>as LaTex??

Well, there's LaTeX... and Textures, for the Macintosh.  If by "WYSIWYG",
you mean the screen display accurately reflects the printed result, I don't
think you'll find any better.  (And you can copy from the screen display
and paste into other applications, given the proper fonts, etc.)

If, on the other hand, you mean "interactive manipulation" or "direct
interaction", i.e., reach out and touch something, then the simple answer
is "no, not to the same quality as LaTeX".  (Unless, of course, you use
one of the equation editors that produces TeX code!)

So---what do YOU mean when you say WYSIWYG?

Barry Smith, Blue Sky Research
barry@reed.{bitnet, edu, uucp}