Xref: utzoo comp.editors:972 comp.text:5136 comp.text.desktop:940 comp.sys.ibm.pc:35558 comp.sources.wanted:8900 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:4672 sci.math.symbolic:917 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!jarthur!wilkins From: wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.text,comp.text.desktop,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sources.wanted,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,sci.math.symbolic Subject: Re: mathematical editor Keywords: math, editor, wishful-thinking Message-ID: <2221@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 1 Oct 89 01:36:04 GMT References: <9722@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Reply-To: wilkins@jarthur.UUCP (Mark Wilkins) Followup-To: comp.editors Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA Lines: 26 Yeah, there is something roughly like what you want in a couple of forms on the Macintosh. Two programs I know of, MathType and Expressionist, allow you to create mathematical expressions laid out properly on the page and export them to word processing programs. I am not too sure of MathType's capabilities, but Expressionist allows you to do such things as define your own symbols and even will produce text-only output in eqn format, Microsoft Word's equation format, or TeX format. When you open the Expressionist desk accessory you are faced with a blank work area and a palette of different mathematical constructs off to one side. You click on, say, an integral symbol, and an integral sign appears, allowing you to fill in boxes with limits of integration and the integrand. MathType allows certain things to be done more easily, such as closed path integrals, but Expressionist produces more pleasing output, especially on laser printers, and has an easier-to-use interface for more basic stuff. I do not know who publishes MathType, but Expressionist is published by Allan Bonadio Associates. Both are advertised fairly regularly in MacWorld. If access to a Mac is not a problem, either of these packages will make you wonder how you ever got along before. -- Mark Wilkins (wilkins@jarthur.claremont.edu)