gritzner@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Thomas F. Gritzner) (10/29/90)
an.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de Reply-To: gritzner@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Thomas F. Gritzner) Followup-To: comp.text.desktop Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, West Germany Lines: 29 In article <145@tivoli.UUCP>, lark@tivoli.UUCP (Lar Kaufman) writes: |> Notes: FrameMaker 2.1x is announced (Unix Today! October 1, 1990) supporting OSF/Motif |> and the X-Window environment. Frame will be coming out with FrameMaker 3.0 |> soon, and Interleaf will be coming out with Interleaf TPS 5.0. I am |> currently evaluating FrameMaker 2.1x and Interleaf TPS 4.0, along with |> available alternatives - IslandWrite/Draw/Paint and Avalon Publisher. Under |> consideration as a future supplemental tool (not yet available on Unix |> platforms) is Author/Editor. All of these packages are deserving of |> careful consideration and evaluation. Considered and rejected (for our |> purposes) were Microsoft Word (only on Xenix platforms, apparently) and |> Word Perfect (not comfortable with WP's user interface). |> |> -lar |> Hello, I'm very interested in FrameMaker 2.1x supporting X-Windows &c.! My question is: May I use this version of FrameMaker for importing (sic) and, somewhat more important, but difficult likewise, exporting -- now it comes -- LaTeX- or at least TeX-Files like Publisher (ArborText) does. Please answer me quickly... perhaps it is faster by e-mail to lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de!gritzner. Thomas F. Gritzner Diplom-Inform.Univ. Lehrstuhl Broy, TUM
framers-request (10/29/90)
In article <145@tivoli.UUCP>, lark@tivoli.UUCP (Lar Kaufman) writes: |> Notes: FrameMaker 2.1x is announced (Unix Today! October 1, 1990) supporting OSF/Motif |> and the X-Window environment. Frame will be coming out with FrameMaker 3.0 |> soon, and Interleaf will be coming out with Interleaf TPS 5.0. I am |> currently evaluating FrameMaker 2.1x and Interleaf TPS 4.0, along with |> available alternatives - IslandWrite/Draw/Paint and Avalon Publisher. Under |> consideration as a future supplemental tool (not yet available on Unix |> platforms) is Author/Editor. All of these packages are deserving of |> careful consideration and evaluation. Considered and rejected (for our |> purposes) were Microsoft Word (only on Xenix platforms, apparently) and |> Word Perfect (not comfortable with WP's user interface). |> |> -lar |> Hello, I'm very interested in FrameMaker 2.1x supporting X-Windows &c.! My question is: May I use this version of FrameMaker for importing (sic) and, somewhat more important, but difficult likewise, exporting -- now it comes -- LaTeX- or at least TeX-Files like Publisher (ArborText) does. Please answer me quickly... perhaps it is faster by e-mail to lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de!gritzner. Thomas F. Gritzner Diplom-Inform.Univ. Lehrstuhl Broy, TUM
lark@tivoli.UUCP (Lar Kaufman) (10/30/90)
We have engineers who would like the same capability. So far, the only solution I have conceived of requires formatting the TeX (LaTeX) file into encapsulated PostScript format, and then importing the graphic into Frame. This doesn't seem to be an ideal solution, but possibly acceptable. There are public-domain tools to do TeX -> PostScript, I believe. -lar