[comp.text.desktop] UPS 3.0.6

lau@hmos.cis.upenn.edu (Yan Lau) (05/12/88)

>It's easy to reproduce the error. Just create a chart and include an
>"escaped" character in a bar label. For example I wanted a label to
>look like

>             ``Real'' work

>so I typed: ESC-" Real " work

>It looks just fine in print, but PLEASE try to save it! :-) :-(

>Now for something completely related: does anyone have anything to say
>about UPS, supposedly a university version of TPS??? All information
>is extremely appreciated.

I am using UPS 3.0.6 and am please with it.  I tried your ``Real'' work
bug and encountered no problem saving the file.  When we first got UPS,
we encountered a bug in printing some math symbols just as we received an
update which fixed the problem.  My only complaint are mainly with the graph
utilities.  For instance, the line graph is limited to six lines (of
course you can duplicate and overlay), and you can only select one line
type for all the lines.  Also, it would be nice to be able to specify
the _increment_ for labelling the axis.  If you don't like the ones the
program decides you have to not show them and roll your own.  But these
limitations are all in the graphs.  Overall, the system is powerful.
We don't really use it for entire papers, rather we use it to make diagrams
and large-size text that we later xerox onto transparencies for overheads.
I especially like the equation and the numerous symbols available.
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