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From: aberg@math.rutgers.edu (Hans Aberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Interleaf for Technical Users (Summary)
Keywords: technical typesetting wordprocessing
Message-ID: <Feb.3.19.44.28.1989.16123@math.rutgers.edu>
Date: 4 Feb 89 00:44:28 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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I got some interesting comments on Interleaf in the mail.

First one should remember that the price tag is $2,495.

My impression is that Interleaf is good for what it is designed
for in the first place, namely *typesetting*.

As a program to generate what is supposed to be typeset, in other
words *technical wordprocessing*, Interleaf seems to be rather
inferior.

This is best expressed by Steve Leeke (leeke@mips.csc.ti.com):

> I've used ILP quite a bit and there are several things it can not do
> and for those reasons I use LaTeX (by using Textures) on the Mac.  ILP
> on the Mac has no automatic foonotes or endnotes.  It has no built-in
> bibliography support and no built-in equation building. 
> 
> It is the premier tool for publishing, but at a price of not
> supporting some basic complex document attributes.

Then there are lots of interesting vaporware we all hope for. But
since the frustration might be to severe, I exclude any report on
that.

Hans Aberg