W0L@psuvm.psu.edu (Bill Lasher) (11/09/90)
Can anyone suggest a decent, reasonably priced technical word processor for the IRIS? I need to do equations, and ideally would like a package that acts like a normal wordprocessor when doing text, as opposed to a markup language. I'm using Wordperfect on a PC now, which would be great, but is unavailable for the IRIS, and runs too slow under SoftPC. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill
jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman) (11/09/90)
Framemaker from Frame Technology: (408) 433-3311. It's great: text, equations, drawing, indexing, EPS. Fully WYSIWIG and mouse driven. The only thing it's lacking (vis a vis TeX) is bibliography database and formatting support. It's also pretty easy to use despite it's power. If you're know any Emacs, it's even easier, since the keystrokes for simple moving, deleting, etc. are the same. We're running the X/Motif version on a Sun as a client to SGI's X server. I think Frame has a NeWS version for SGI boxes. An X version is probably in the works. Disclaimer: No association with Frame. Jim Helman Department of Applied Physics Durand 012 Stanford University FAX: (415) 725-3377 (jim@KAOS.stanford.edu) Work: (415) 723-9127
steve@olympus.wrcr.unr.edu (Stephen Wheatcraft) (11/12/90)
In article <90312.134347W0L@psuvm.psu.edu> W0L@psuvm.psu.edu (Bill Lasher) writes: >Can anyone suggest a decent, reasonably priced technical word processor for >the IRIS? I need to do equations, and ideally would like a package that >acts like a normal wordprocessor when doing text, as opposed to a markup >language. I'm using Wordperfect on a PC now, which would be great, but is >unavailable for the IRIS, and runs too slow under SoftPC. Any suggestions >would be appreciated. I am pretty sure that Frame is available for the SGI platform. It is a WHYSIWIG technical publishing software package that does equations pretty well from what I have seen. ----------Note: a pitch to the folks at SGI:------------ However, what I ~wish~ is that SGI would get together with Interleaf to make an agreement to port Interleaf to the 4D series. Interleaf is similar to Frame, but has more features and does equations better (IMHO). Since I got my 4D-25 last month, I have been stuck with 2 workstations in my office - the 4D-25 and an old Sun 3/50, which runs Interleaf. It would really be great to get rid of the 3/50. Interleaf is being ported to the IBM RS6000. (It is not convenient for me to use Frame because all our work here is done in Interleaf.) According to the latest issue of Supercomputing Review, SGI is making a big push to port office productivity software to the 4D platform, since they now realize that so many scientists are in the position I am in - having one machine for 3-d graphics, and doing the more mundane stuff on the (more mundane) computers, such as low end Suns and PCs. HAVING INTERLEAF AVAILABLE WOULD BE A MAJOR PRIZE FOR SGI (IMHO). Thanks for listening ... Steve Wheatcraft Internet: steve@olympus.wrc.unr.edu Desert Research Institute Bitnet : steve@unsvax.bitnet University of Nevada System P.O. Box 60220 AT&T : (702) 673-7393 Reno, NV 89506 FAX : (702) 673-7397
msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow) (11/13/90)
In article <4907@tahoe.unr.edu>, steve@olympus.wrcr.unr.edu (Stephen Wheatcraft) writes: |> ----------Note: a pitch to the folks at SGI:------------ |> However, what I ~wish~ is that SGI would get together with |> Interleaf to make an agreement to port Interleaf to the 4D |> series. Interleaf is similar to Frame, but has more features and |> does equations better (IMHO). Since I got my 4D-25 last month, I FrameMaker 2.1, which should be available soon, handles equations very nicely. I think you need to pitch Interleaf more than SGI. -- From the TARDIS of Mark Callow msc@ramoth.sgi.com, ...{ames,decwrl}!sgi!msc "Spirits of genius are always opposed by mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein