DAVISON@BKNLVMS.Bitnet (BRIAN D. DAVISON) (11/28/88)
Does anyone know if ReadySetGo has been released for the IBM as of yet? And if not, when it is scheduled to be released? And if it will be comparable to the Mac version. [moderatorial comment: I don't believe there are any plans to port RSG to the IBM-PC. Both Manhattan Graphics and Letraset (developer and publisher, respectively) have strong committments to the Mac market -- chuq] Also, could someone let me know which publishing package, Ventura Publisher or PageMaker does mathematical equations better? More easily? Some background: I am in the process of trying to get a job of re-laying out an introductory Physics textbook here at Bucknell University, initially for internal use, but possibly for outside publication in the near future. I have become quite familiar with ReadySetGo on the Mac and feel that it would come close to filling the need, but it does not have good support for equations [RSG 4.0a] and the Physics dept. here is entirely IBM and they want to be able to easily make modifications on their computers and not have to find a Macintosh to do it. Anyway, that puts me in a position of needing to find a package with which to make a proposal - it needs to have (1) at least decent layout capabilities with good font handling [including greek character sets]; (2) do equations fairly well with a minimum of fuss; (3) be able to import vector based [re-sizable] graphics for graphs and illustrations. I would be interested in hearing any suggestions. Thank You. ========================================================================== Brian D. Davison [DAVISON@BKNLVMS.BITNET] Student Consultant, Bucknell Computer Services Box C2248 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed are not nessarily that of any of my employers. I wrote them; they are mine. ========================================================================== ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop@plaid.sun.com Administrivia to: desktop-request@plaid.sun.com UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,hplabs}!sun!plaid!desktop{-request} Archives can be gotten from the archive-server. To get information on the archive-server, send mail to: archive-server@plaid.sun.com -or- sun!plaid!archive-server with a subject line of help
dsc@izimbra.CSS.GOV (outside is america) (11/30/88)
>Does anyone know if ReadySetGo has been released for the IBM as of yet? > [moderatorial comment: I don't believe there are any plans to > port RSG to the IBM-PC. Both Manhattan Graphics and Letraset i believe i read in a recent `publish' an announcement that rsg 4 had been ported to the pc and that would be available in the near future. i believe they even had a `screen dump' of the program (running under windows?) next to the paragraph. speaking of which, i just sent in my upgrade form for rsg 4.5 ... has anyone received their copy yet? impressions? [if so, that's the first I've heard of it. Doesn't make it false, however. RSG 4.5 is shipping. My copy hasn't arrived yet, but I know of a number of folks who do have it, and they seem to be pretty happy with it. The only 'bug' so far seems to be a weird interaction between the Symbol font and certain special characters if the symbol font isn't installed in the system. It looks to happen or not happen based on configuration issues, so it isn't what I'd call a killer problem.... - chuq ] ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop@plaid.sun.com Administrivia to: desktop-request@plaid.sun.com UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,hplabs}!sun!plaid!desktop{-request} Archives can be gotten from the archive-server. To get information on the archive-server, send mail to: archive-server@plaid.sun.com -or- sun!plaid!archive-server with a subject line of help
"jocelyn_blais.TORHO"@Xerox.COM (12/01/88)
As far as Ventura vs Pagemaker doing equations, Ventura 2.0 with the optional Professional Extension will allow you to create equations by typing in simple commands. The text will open up to allow room for the equation. Pagemaker does not offer equations. /Jocelyn ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop@plaid.sun.com Administrivia to: desktop-request@plaid.sun.com UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,hplabs}!sun!plaid!desktop{-request} Archives can be gotten from the archive-server. To get information on the archive-server, send mail to: archive-server@plaid.sun.com -or- sun!plaid!archive-server with a subject line of help
"Cheryl_T._Downing.osbunorth"@Xerox.COM (12/06/88)
I believe that Ventura Publisher 2.0 Professional Extension is the only PC desktop publishing package that can handle equations. It uses English-like language commands, similar to a language called EQN. ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop@plaid.sun.com Administrivia to: desktop-request@plaid.sun.com UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,hplabs}!sun!plaid!desktop{-request} Archives can be gotten from the archive-server. To get information on the archive-server, send mail to: archive-server@plaid.sun.com -or- sun!plaid!archive-server with a subject line of help
jonradel@icecream.Princeton.EDU (Jon Radel) (12/07/88)
>I believe that Ventura Publisher 2.0 Professional Extension is the only PC >desktop publishing package that can handle equations. It uses English-like >language commands, similar to a language called EQN. That all depends on whether TeX is desktop publishing. On a Mac it's even inching towards WYSIWYG. But whatever you classify it as, it does *very* nice equations on a PC. --Jon Radel jonradel@icecream.princeton.edu ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop@plaid.sun.com Administrivia to: desktop-request@plaid.sun.com UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,hplabs}!sun!plaid!desktop{-request} Archives can be gotten from the archive-server. To get information on the archive-server, send mail to: archive-server@plaid.sun.com -or- sun!plaid!archive-server with a subject line of help
smithda@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu (Daniel Smith) (12/07/88)
>I believe that Ventura Publisher 2.0 Professional Extension is the only PC >desktop publishing package that can handle equations. It uses English-like >language commands, similar to a language called EQN. ArborText markets a product called the Publisher, which is based on TeX. As such, it handles equations VERY well. ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop@plaid.sun.com Administrivia to: desktop-request@plaid.sun.com UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,hplabs}!sun!plaid!desktop{-request} Archives can be gotten from the archive-server. To get information on the archive-server, send mail to: archive-server@plaid.sun.com -or- sun!plaid!archive-server with a subject line of help