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From: raday@thunder.UUCP (Alan Day)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Math Word Processing
Keywords: math subscripts superscripts
Message-ID: <380@thunder.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 88 06:00:44 GMT
Organization: Lakehead University; Thunder Bay, Ont
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I would like to reiterate some points discussed in earlier
submissions on Math typesetting for the Mac. Hopefully FullWrite
and/or Nissus (even Word?) might include these in future releases.

Aside from display equations (which a DA can handle well enough), 
a mathematician needs to imbed limited symbol constructs in
paragraph text. To do this, two features already implemented in
LaserAuthor (the only good things in that programme) should not be
that hard to put into any other WP programme.

	(1) multiple (adjustable?) levels of sub- and super-scripts. The
adjustment might be necessary if the default settings are not
correct as in Word. (Anyone know how to FEdit these values for
Word? The workarounds that I know are very time consuming and
unnatural.)

	(2) Intuitive CHARACTER overstrike capability (LaserAuthor used
COMMAND-backspace between the characters). This would allow writing
e.g. NOT less than, and x sub i super j in paragraph text easily.

	(3) a general wish would be macros and command-key assignment
(which means the programme must not gobble up all possible
assignments for obscure power user capabilities. Are you listening
Word?)

Does anyone know of a WP package with these minor :-) abilities?

	Alan Day