leunglee@cs.buffalo.edu (Leung Lee) (10/07/89)
Howdy; Did anyone ever worked with the Ventura Publisher's Professional Extension? If so, would anyone give an assessment of the equation typesetting capability in this Professional Extension. Is it as easy and as flexible as equation typesetting in LATEX???? Thanks in advance! ------------------------------cut here----------------------------------------- =============================================================================== Dept. of Computer Science||internet: leunglee@cs.buffalo.EDU SUNY Buffalo ||bitnet: V078L4ZS@ubvms.BITNET 659 Minnesota Ave ||bitnet: leunglee@sunybcs.BITNET Buffalo, NY 14260 ||uucp: {decvax,watmath,rutgers}!sunybcs!ugleung (716) 837-7356 ||fax: (716) 636-3464 *:-) *:-) *:-) *:-) *:-) *:-) *:-) *:-) *:-) *:-) *:-) *:-) *:-) ===============================================================================
greg@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Greg O'Rear) (10/09/89)
In article <11476@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> leunglee@cs.buffalo.edu (Leung Lee) writes: >Howdy; > >Did anyone ever worked with the Ventura Publisher's Professional >Extension? If so, would anyone give an assessment of the equation >typesetting capability in this Professional Extension. Is it as easy >and as flexible as equation typesetting in LATEX???? I am unfamiliar with LaTeX, but the equation package in Ventura is the same as UNIX's eqn (i.e., x sup 2 ~+~ 3 over y ~=~ DELTA). It can be a bit of work to get everything to line up on some of the more complicated expressions, but it certainly is flexible (at the cost of ease of use). -- Greg O'Rear Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University of Florida Address: greg@beach.cis.ufl.edu
davek@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Dave Kumpf) (10/12/89)
I've used the equation handler on a limited basis; I've not used LaTeX. I think the Ventura PE equation handler is very easy to use. It's all WYSIWYG; you specify an insert point in text and ask for an equation. You're then taken into a sort of "equation editing tablet" where you type in requests for specific symbols or constructs, and they are assembled on the screen. One caveat: I'd recommend using a PostScript printer. The reason: PE will try to size things like root symbols, etc to fit normal expectations of what the equation should look like (so far so good). However: your printer may not have a matching font in the correct size -- so substitution (with awful results) will occur (on the HP LaserJet, and on Interpress printers if IPFNTS.JSL is set up correctly). The PostScript printer will, however, be asked for a specific point size and will size and fill symbols as necessary to match. (Please, Xerox, give us Interpress Professional Graphics Set printers ...) Dave Kumpf hplabs!hp-lsd!davek davek%hp-lsd@hplabs.hp.com