mob@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Mario O. Bourgoin) (09/08/86)
I am looking for a text editing system for the IBM PC or compatibles which will allow me to include mathematical equations within my documents. The hitch is that is has to show me on the screen as I enter equations what I will see when I print my document (WYSIWYG). Does anyone have pointers to such systems? --Mario O. Bourgoin -- I Love Susan Scott.
young@ICSC.UCI.EDU (Michal Young) (09/10/86)
If real WYSIWYG is a requirement, no help here. But if previewing your formulas on the screen is sufficient, and you have EGA or Hercules, then consider PC-TeX. The output is top-notch --- Don Knuth developed TeX because he wasn't satisfied with the typesetting of his Art of Computer programming series. With the LaTeX macro package, input is similar to Scribe, i.e., you describe your document structurally rather than giving detailed formatting instructions. Or you can use AMSTeX, which I believe is what the American Mathematical Society typesets their journals with. For examples of output, see September Byte, pg 338. There are a couple of downsides: First, as mentioned above, it is not WYSIWYG --- it does a much better job than WYSIWYG editors (including the desktop publishing stuff for the Mac), but you usually have to make multiple runs through the formatter to get things to look just the way you want them. Second, it demands a lot of horsepower (cycles, memory, and disk) from your machine. A PC or clone can run it with 512K, but (according to Dr. Dobbs) you need an AT to get decent turnaround. One other note: PC-TeX (and Micro-TeX, from Addison-Wesley) are completely compatible (input and output) with TeX implementations on Suns, Vaxen, etc. --Michal Young young@ics.uci.edu UC Irvine
onn@utcs.UUCP (09/12/86)
In article <3688@brl-smoke.ARPA> young@ICSC.UCI.EDU (Michal Young) writes: > >If real WYSIWYG is a requirement, no help here. But if previewing your All right, I give up. I'll show my ignorance. What is *WYSIWYG* ?? Brian. -- ----- Brian A. Onn University of Toronto Computing Services Erindale College. ..!{ihnp4,decvax,harpo,utcsri,{allegra,linus}!utzoo}!utcs!onn "We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization" - Petronius Arbiter, 66 AD.
ahh@h.cc.purdue.edu (Brentrock of Hyperborea) (09/13/86)
[Ha! Eat my line!]
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get.
It refers to editors (or word processors) that show changes and
special effects (e.g. italics, boldface, etc.) on the screen
immediately, without your having to print the file to see the
results of your editing.
--
Brent Woods
USENET: {seismo, decvax, ucbvax, ihnp4}!pur-ee!h.cc!ahh
ARPANET: woodsb@el.ecn.purdue.edu BITNET: PODUM@PURCCVM
USNAIL: Brent Woods PHONE: (317) 495-2011
Box 1004 Cary
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Disclaimer: If you misunderstood what I said, it's *not* my fault.
May the Gods turn their benevolent gaze upon you...
...and laugh.few@well.UUCP (Frank Whaley) (09/14/86)
In article <1986Sep12.121056.15265@utcs.uucp> onn@utcs.UUCP (Brian Onn) writes: >All right, I give up. I'll show my ignorance. What is *WYSIWYG* ?? Of course, we all know What You See Is What You Get. The first time I remember hearing this phrase was August 1981 when I first started working on WordStar (the 8-bit version). If anybody used it before then, I'd sure like to know. -- Frank Whaley Senior Engineer, Beyond Words UUCP: hplabs! ihnp4!ptsfa! seismo!lll-crg!well!few ARPA: well!few@lll-crg.ARPA Tell your boss what you really think; the truth will set you free.
kushnier@nadc.arpa (09/15/86)
WYSIWYG stands for "What You See Is What You Get".. It refers to the fact that
some wordprocessors format the screen to allow you to see exactly what will be
printed..Underlining, centering, Bold, italics, etc... This is contrasted to
embedded control codes in the text to provide the special features.
Hope that helps.
Ron Kushnier
kushnier@nadc.arpadmimi@ecsvax.UUCP (Miriam Clifford) (09/21/86)
Take a look at WatchWord from S & K Technology, 4610 Spotted Oak Woods, San Antonio, TX 78249. It has been available for a long time for the zenith z-100, and was just released for the ibm and clones (I assume, since it is touted for the z-158.) It is an inexpensive, very nice editor, wysiwyg, fonts, shows underlining, etc on screen, double height scientific characters, etc. Several foreign fonts are available--Greek, German, etc., and you can make your own, if you want. You get much control over keys, etc. Can use hex characters in text, set zones for use by other commands.