Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!nikhefk!keeshu From: keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (Kees Huyser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Equations? Message-ID: <156@nikhefk.UUCP> Date: Thu, 21-May-87 18:44:34 EDT Article-I.D.: nikhefk.156 Posted: Thu May 21 18:44:34 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 23-May-87 12:19:57 EDT References: <6353@ism780c.UUCP> Reply-To: keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (Kees Huyser) Organization: National Institute for Nuclear Physics; Netherlands Lines: 61 Keywords: equations MacEqn Summary: MacEqn, very good! In article <6353@ism780c.UUCP> tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes: >How do the various programs/DAs that allow you to put math in a >document ( e.g., MacEqn ) interface to the user? > >For example, I think that I would like one that gives me a window >that I type an equation into in some sort of text format ( e.g. >eqn or TEX format ), and it displays the finished equation, which >could then be CUT and PASTEd into my MacWrite document. >Do any of them work this way? >-- >Tim Smith >sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim The only Math DA that I have used is MacEqn. The user interface in MacEqn work more or less as follows: Open MacEqn, you will be presented with a window approx. 2/3 of the entire screen. Your cursor (a dot) is on the lefthand side in the middle of the window. On the MenuBar a new item has appeared called MacEqn. In this menu are the various options on the type of math you want. Suppose you wanted a 9 element matrix you would use either the matrix choice from the Menu, or you could type in . The MacEqn screen will present you now with a small [ (left hook). Now you type in the first 3 elements [ 1 2 3 type in the next 3 elements [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 type in the last 3 elements [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The screen now show you a PICT of a large [, the elements neatly arrayed and a large ] - - | 1 2 3 | | 4 5 6 | | 7 8 9 | - - From the Edit Menu you now choose Copy, click on the 'GoAwayBox' in the top left corner. Position your MacWrite cursor at the appropriate place and choose Paste from the Edit menu. Your equation is now in your document in PICT format. Other math symbols are just as easy to process; you can even stack different tyes of math symbols, eg. an integral sign before a root over a matrix divided by a sum (if you have a math crazy enough to allow this :-). All fonts in your system can be used in all the pointsizes you have. In short, a very powerful DA. I heartely reccomend it. -- Kees Standard Disclaimer: I have no ties, financial or otherwise with the makers of MacEqn. | UUCP : keeshu@nikhefk.uucp or {[wherever]!seismo}!mcvax!nikhefk!keeshu | BITNET : keeshu@hasara5.bitnet | FIDO : kees huyser at 508/15 (SagaNet_MacBBS) or 500/11 (HCC_Amsterdam_1) | SNAIL : kees huyser, NIKHEF-K, PO Box 4395, 1009 AJ Amsterdam, Netherlands