Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!dm2w+ From: dm2w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas Bradley Meade) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Math Word Processing Message-ID: Date: 20 May 88 16:33:12 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 42 In-Reply-To: <380@thunder.UUCP> In response to the message <380@thunder.UUCP> from raday@thunder.UUCP (Alan Day) on 18 May 88: > 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.) I have been successfully and painlessly using WriteNow with Expressionist (or MathWriter) to do mathematical word processing on a MacPlus with one external 800K drive. WriteNow, from T/Maker, allows for equations to be imbedded in text and has an unlimited number of subscript/superscript levels (the scale appears to be on the order of a pixel). > (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. Either equation processor will handle overstrike characters with ease. > (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?) I am told, but have no personal experience, that Quikeys is a good solution. > Does anyone know of a WP package with these minor :-) abilities? I hope that these suggestions are useful and appropriate. I would like to hear your comments about this setup and welcome alternate proposals. Doug Meade dm2w+@andrew.cmu.edu