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Re: Word processor that does math formulas

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From: Jess M Holle
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 23:51
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In article <1992Nov13.200710.15696@maths.tcd.ie> tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes:
>>Of these, Expressionist and MathType sound the best (features vs $$$).

>If you are talking of actual mathematics,
>and want to communicate your work to others,
>you will be very unwise to use anything other than TeX/LaTeX ,
>as 99% of mathematicians use these.

Yes, BUT Expressionist AND MathType export TeX upon request.  TeX is also
non-interactive and requires much more memory, disk and RAM, (for a TeX 
processor plus fonts, etc) than either of the above.


Jess Holle
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From: jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle)
Subject: Re: Word processor that does math formulas
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