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Subject: DTP-type TeX?
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Date: 19 Jan 88 18:37:07 GMT
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Why does it seem so difficult to find a nice-looking, user-friendly
interface to TeX?  What I would like to have is a TeX equation writer
that works in X Windows and where I can construct my equations by
clicking in integrals, sums, etc with my mouse, whereas at the same time
a text file is written, containing the corresponding TeX source code
(\int, \sum, etc).  Such systems exist on Macs and PCs.  Why can't I get
it on my 5 MIPS UNIX super workstation?

Conversely, why can't I have a TeX window on the screen continuously
updating itself while I type in the TeX source?  I have come across
something like that when I tried the IBM/RT about 2 years ago.  Again
this seems impossible on my brand new computer 10 times as powerful as
the RT.

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