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Article #24656Re: FullWrite competition of Nisus
From: Atul Kacker
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1988 22:10
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1988 22:10
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In article <779@sdcc8.ucsd.EDU> grobbins@sdemlab.ucsd.edu (Grobbins) writes:
>Several of us working on Nisus read comp.sys.mac, and will be happy
>(anxious, actually) to answer questions about the product.
>
>Grobbins grobbins@sdemlab.ucsd.edu
>Paragon Concepts, Inc.
Well, the main question I have is with regards to scientific equations
capability of Nisus. It is a question that has been asked of FullWrite, with
the answer being that it is not built in and to use a program like MathType or
Expressionist. However, that is not a reasonable way for anyone doing technical
paper writing with a *lot* of equations. (Try changing a delta to a gamma in
a document which has over a 100 equations, and you'll soon realize how foolhardy
the cut and paste approach is)
How does Nisus handle equations ? Both in-line and in display mode.
Hyphenation ? Kerning ?
As for now, I will stick with TeX, which is fairly easy to use (You have to be
computer literate, of course) and gives by far the best results.
MS Word comes in a distant second...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!ur-tut!akk2 From: akk2@ur-tut.UUCP (Atul Kacker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: FullWrite competition of Nisus Message-ID: <915@ur-tut.UUCP> Date: 3 Feb 88 22:10:24 GMT References: <861@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU> <779@sdcc8.ucsd.EDU> Reply-To: akk2@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Atul Kacker) Distribution: na Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center Lines: 28