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in article <Feb.2.16.21.42.1989.1555@math.rutgers.edu>, aberg@math.rutgers.edu (Hans Aberg) says:
> Posted: Thu Feb  2 13:21:43 1989
> 
> Your article makes me curious.
> 
> I use FullWrite for typing mathematics. I am not so interested in a
> final typesetting quality, but I am interested enhanced variations
> of FullWrites formatting capabilities: Better bibliography, more
> efficient ways to paste in formulas.
> 
> Also, FullWrite does not come with technical support, except for
> the first initial 90 days.
> 
> Do you have an idea what Interleaf could do for me, and others
> interested in technical typesetting.
> 
Interleaf Publisher may not, then, be the correct product. It is really
intended for very long documents (e.g., books) and has a lot of features
to support books, like building tables of contents and indexes across
multiple document files. It will also build charts (i.e., graphs).
Though it has built in object-oriented and bit-mapped graphics, it has no
special provisions for equations and formulas.

Interleaf, because it is a port from Apollo and Sun implementations, doesn't
use the Mac clipboad; it uses its own. If you want to import something, you
first put it in a file Interleaf can use (e.g., MacWrite, MacDraw, MacPaint)
and then, from within the Interleaf environment, copy it to Interleaf's
clipboard. Desk accessories are, however, accessible (just anything that gets
copied from a desk accessory to the Mac clipboard can't be used by
Interleaf).

People tell me that the best WP for equations is Word, though Word lacks
many of the features that you like about FW, the formatting (bibliographies,
etc.) Interleaf is a lot of money ($2495 retail; $2120 street price) and
I suspect that you might be happier if you bought one of the desk accessories
that is designed to layout equations and formulas and brought your equations
into FW via the clipboard. If you haven't encountered any of FW's major bugs
(e.g., disappearing formatting below sidebars, corrupted documents that 
bomb when you try to open them), then the DA route may be your best bet. 

Any comments from netland out there? (By the way, I'm still very, very, very
pleased with Interleaf.)  

Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
UUCP: husc6!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop

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