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Subject: Re: Equations?
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Date: Thu, 21-May-87 23:10:06 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 21 23:10:06 1987
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>   
>    Definately MacEqn doesn't work this way but I agree that would be
> the best way to implement one. TeX is so easy (and FAST) to specify
> an equation that using it would far outweigh the lack of interactivity.
> I find MacEqn tedious (and not particularly well formatted) for doing
> anything complex and minor changes turn into major hassles due to the
> lack of editing. If there is something better PLEASE tell us about it!
> David Gelphman  daveg%slacvm.bitnet@forsythe.stanford.edu

   There's something better.  We had it demo'd for us at the UC Davis MUG
last week:  MathWriter, by Cooke Publications, $49.95.  It's a wysiwyg 
editor for equation, for Macs and MSDOS both (well, each...).  The author
demo'd it, it worked for him (of course).  The audience volunteer he'd 
requested then came up and, based on the demo, got the quadratic input 
with no difficulty.  It's been used to create a finite-elements text.  Our
local physics prof, who's written an intro physics text based on Logo(!),
went ga-ga.  (With delight, that is.)  And since you're at Stanford, and 
like TeX, I'll twit you with the thoughtful (nah, -obligatory-) extra: for
another $50, he'll give you a postprocessor, from his PICT files into TeX.  
Slick.  All orders through him: 800 482 4438, ext 15 outside New York.  

Disclaimer:  I don't own any computer stocks, my PG&E's down 1/3 (as in 33%),
and I prefer prose to equations.  Ron Goldthwaite, UC Davis Psychology.