phil@waikato.ac.nz (12/18/90)
In article <1990Dec16.234802.832@wuarchive.wustl.edu>, hp48sx@wuarchive.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer) writes: > I also uses Expressionist. This is a very good package, and you can even > cut formulaes you have already inserted in your document, back to the > formula editor. So can MathType (mentioned earlier, including the original posting), however the original poster apparently didn't like the switching back and forth. On this subject, it's not necessary to go to the Apple menu each time -- just leave part of the window showing behind the WP document and click on it. Both Expressionist and MathType run as applications under MultiFinder. MathType has the advantage that the DA just opens the application under MultiFinder -- very handy. > Another thing that might bother people is that WORD :-( fails to use the > baseline offset information supplied by most typesetting programs for > the Macintosh. This can be fixed with an FKEY which pastes the graphic (i.e. expression) into the document and adjusts the subscript to get the vertical alignment correct. It's PD and free. The author reads this group and the FKEY was discussed about a month ago. It's probably on an ftp server somewhere as well. You still have to [Cmd-Shift-Spacebar] to return to the normal baseline afterwards, but the operation is reduced to two keystrokes instead of several. I've tried it and it works well. Highly recommended to people who already have Word. If you don't already have Word, and you want to use a mathematical expression editor with a Word Processor, get something that uses the baseline information, e.g. WriteNow, Nisus. Alternatively, watch this space for a review of MathType 2.0 which purports to do both jobs. > Disclaimer: I have used LaTeX, but have now settled down with NISUS, > which is the state of the art wordprocessor for the Macintosh (free demo > available from jon@weber.ucsd.edu), and Expressionist which I think is > the best price/performance ratio in mathematical typesetting (apart from > OzTeX). BTW, Neither MathType or Expressionist are typesetters -- TeX (in its various incarnations) is the only typesetter I know of on the Mac (there is Interleaf, but I think its a bit over the top for what most PC {in the generic sense} users want or need). I call them expression editors to differentiate between the different applications. Have you tried MathType? IMHO, it is marginally better than Expressionist (other reviewers agree -- I can cite references, but I don't really want to get into a preference war here -- they're both good products). I posted a review of Mathematical Expression editors a couple of months ago. I have a beta release of MathWriter 2.0 (mentioned earlier) which is the first serious attempt at a fully integrated Mathematical Word Processor on the Mac, and will post a review when it is released. I haven't had much of a look at it yet, but its features are impressive on paper. -- Phil Etheridge (phil@waikato.ac.nz) /\ /\ -+-,--, .--, ._ Computer Services/Mathematics & Statistics / \/ \ / /--< /-- / University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ. / \/ /__.) \_ /