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From: akk2@ur-tut.UUCP (Atul Kacker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite competition of Nisus
Message-ID: <915@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 88 22:10:24 GMT
References: <861@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU> <779@sdcc8.ucsd.EDU>
Reply-To: akk2@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Atul Kacker)
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In article <779@sdcc8.ucsd.EDU> grobbins@sdemlab.ucsd.edu (Grobbins) writes:
>Several of us working on Nisus read comp.sys.mac, and will be happy
>(anxious, actually) to answer questions about the product.
>
>Grobbins                         grobbins@sdemlab.ucsd.edu
>Paragon Concepts, Inc.

Well, the main question I have is with regards to scientific equations
capability of Nisus.  It is a question that has been asked of FullWrite, with
the answer being that it is not built in and to use a program like MathType or
Expressionist.  However, that is not a reasonable way for anyone doing technical
paper writing with a *lot* of equations.  (Try changing a delta to a gamma in
a document which has over a 100 equations, and you'll soon realize how foolhardy
the cut and paste approach is)

How does Nisus handle equations ?  Both in-line and in display mode.  
Hyphenation ?  Kerning ?

As for now, I will stick with TeX, which is fairly easy to use (You have to be 
computer literate, of course) and gives by far the best results.

MS Word comes in a distant second...

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