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Subject: Re: drawing diagrams
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Date: 11 Feb 89 01:30:20 GMT
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In article <20222@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> lippin@math.berkeley.edu writes:
>
>Inspiration, from Ceres Software, while not designed for the purpose,
>is adequate for drawing commutative diagrams.  It's essentially a
>program for drawing arrows between chunks of text, which is what you
>need.  It also allows labels on the arrows, which are essential for
>these diagrams.
>
>The biggest drawback is that it doesn't do super- or subscripts,
>although it may allow you to import pictures of them -- I haven't
>tried.  Another problem is that it wants to put the labels on vertical
>arrows on top of the arrow, but you can fernatz aroud with the
>justification to avoid that.  Horizontal and diagonal arrows are no
>problem.
>
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One of the programmers of Inspiration was at last night's BMUG meeting.
Someone asked if it used TextEdit; he said no.  Then he was asked if
super- and subscripts were supported, since using TextEdit would have
prevented this.  He said no, but the outcry for this feature was so
loud, he said they just might be able to sneak this feature in before
the scheduled release of 2.0 (late March).

Other info: The cost of v. 1.0 is $175 retail; 2.0 will go up by $75.
The upgrade from 1.0 to 2.0 is free.  2.0 will also have full color
support, the ANSI standard templates as choosable objects, and a bunch
of other nifty enhancements.

John Heckendorn
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