gt1174a@prism.gatech.EDU (Horkan Smith) (12/07/89)
Quick question for you: I've got an AE friend who *needs* lots & lots
of greek characters in his papers (math symbols would be helpfull, as well).
He's got an old XT clone w/ a herc display. Does anyone have suggestions
for a good technical writing package ? Windows is an option, but would
need greek and math fonts for both the display & the printer (a panasonic).
This is about to drive him up a wall....
Thanks,
horkan
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G. Horkan Smith
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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ARPA: gt1174a@prism.gatech.edudross@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (david ross) (12/08/89)
In article <4185@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt1174a@prism.gatech.EDU (Horkan Smith) writes: > Does anyone have suggestions >for a good technical writing package ? The two major WYSIWYG word processors for the PC which were written specifically for mathematics editing are T^3 by TCI in Las Cruces, and Chiwriter by a guy named Hortmann in Michigan. Both are quite good. T^3 (which we use) is extrememly powerful, produces very nice output, and (in its new version, which I haven't seen) has a converter to TEX. Unfortunately, even with an academic discount, T^3 is hugely expensive. Chiwriter is a bit less powerful, but much cheaper (<$100). Both drive almost any printer. If your technical needs are light, then things like Lotus Manuscript or WordPerfect (with extra fonts) may suffice.
ghh@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (12/08/89)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 89 21:14:11 -0500 From: ghh Message-Id: <8912080214.AA23936@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> To: purdue!mailrus!ncar!mephisto!prism!gt1174a Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc In-Reply-To: <4185@hydra.gatech.EDU> Organization: Purdue University Cc: The best one is to use micro-TeX or pc-TeX. but that would cost at least $300. I think the cheapest one is to use "chiwriter". It is somewhat WYSWYG. It has math fonts I, II (like 'not equal', 'not in', 'set inclusion', 'root', 'integration', ... etc) , full greek letters and others. Its printer resolution is good too even though you have a 9-pin printer. But it is not so smart ( I mean not so dedicated word processor). But I could print out nicely what I wanted. And easy to use. It was around $100. But I do not know the recent price. Woochang Jin
christ@ccnysci.UUCP (Chris Thompson) (12/11/89)
In article <5723@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, ghh@mentor.cc.purdue.edu writes: > Date: Thu, 7 Dec 89 21:14:11 -0500 > From: ghh > Message-Id: <8912080214.AA23936@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> > To: purdue!mailrus!ncar!mephisto!prism!gt1174a > Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc > In-Reply-To: <4185@hydra.gatech.EDU> > Organization: Purdue University > Cc: > > The best one is to use micro-TeX or pc-TeX. but that would cost > at least $300. > I think the cheapest one is to use "chiwriter". > It is somewhat WYSWYG. It has math fonts I, II (like 'not equal', 'not in', > 'set inclusion', 'root', 'integration', ... etc) , full greek letters and others. > Its printer resolution is good too even though you have a 9-pin printer. > But it is not so smart ( I mean not so dedicated word processor). But I could > print out nicely what I wanted. And easy to use. It was around $100. But I do > not know the recent price. > > Woochang Jin Having used Chiwriter (pronounced Kie-writer) extensiveky for a couple of years, I can HIGHLY recommend it. Almost entirely WYSWYG. A lot more Math functions than were indicated above (sq. root, and integration just scratch the surface). There are also chemistry, and physics notation fonts. Along with the Greek. Hell, here they are: Standard Small Italic Bold Foreign (with a lot of Spanish & other European letters) Symbol Greek Linedraw Math I,II Underline Orator Script Gothic Also, it comes with a font-designer program. You can have a split-screen and modify an old font, then save it to a new file. Different fonts are also avilable from the manufacturer, on a shareware basis (these were designed by customers). Chiwriter also has a nice key-sequence feature. If you are typing the same thing over and over, just assign it an <Alt-x> key sequence. Up to about 4-6 whole lines of text can be saved in this fashion. In case this isn't obvious, I like the program. I also don't know current price, but the company is Horsstmann Software Design Corporation, 140 E. San Carlos/suite 200 PO Box 5039 San Jose, CA PS: They recently announced a Word-Perfect Converter. Chris --
amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michielsen) (12/12/89)
In article <3060@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> dross@ub.d.umn.edu.UUCP (david ross) writes: >In article <4185@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt1174a@prism.gatech.EDU (Horkan Smith) writes: >> Does anyone have suggestions >>for a good technical writing package ? > Our group uses THE EGG , or Hockney's Egg by the peragrine Falcon Co. Calif. I understand it is widely used at uc berkeley, cornell, & other universities. It drives a apple laserwriter (and better) very nicely. The on screen representations are VERY good, considering it supports CGA & Hercules Mono Graphics modes. With cga especially, most other packages just don't cut the mustard. AL