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Article #2Announcing InstantTeX for NeXT computer
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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:00
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:00
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ANNOUNCING InstantTeX 1.0 by Dmitri Linde A User Friendly Interface to TeX For the NeXT Computer Some time ago, the only user friendly interface to TeX existed for Macintosh and Amiga computers, but now we are is pleased to present InstantTeX, a user friendly interface to TeX for the NeXT computers. The standard way to use TeX on NeXT is to write the text in Edit and to use Terminal to TeX it. Each time you want to TeX the file, you have to type a unix command in Terminal. To locate the line with an error, you have to open the line panel in Edit and type the line number there. This is rather inconvenient. With InstantTeX you can TeX your file in any format you wish, directly from Edit, just by pressing a key. The format of you TeX files can be determined automatically. If TeX notices an error in your file, you can press a key and InstantTeX will go to the line which contains the error. This considerably simplifies editing your text. The main advantage of InstantTeX is that it instantly previews your files as you are writing them. A few seconds after you type a key, the new output appears in TeXview. This is very useful for writing equations, macros, adjusting the spaces and sizes in your file, and almost everything else that you can do with TeX. In this respect InstantTeX is very similar to Lightning Textures for Macintosh computer. Our program works well even on multiple-page documents, due to the speed of the NeXT computers. InstantTeX has a convenient panel containing buttons `Edit File', `Go On', `Ignore All Errors', `Help With Error', `Quit TeX', `Use Another File', `TeX Again', `Preview'. You may send TeX files to people who do not have NeXTs. The files you are going to send will be automatically truncated to 80 or 70 characters a line, and will not contain errors that Mail makes when it truncates TeX files. If TeX cannot find a file, you can open a standard NeXT open panel and select the right file. There is an online reference card which helps you write Greek letters, operators, relations, and other TeX symbols. There are more than 20 various options to suit your preferences. InstantTeX version 1.0 is expected to ship in late July, 1992, and will work with NeXT computers running NeXTSTEP 2.0. Users who purchase InstantTeX for NeXTSTEP 2.0 will be entitled to a free upgrade to InstantTeX, which will work with NeXTSTEP 3.0. The new version of InstantTeX will take full advantage of new features in NeXTSTEP 3.0, including TeXview 3.0. Until the release of NeXTStep3.0, InstantTeX 1.0 will be available at a special introductory price of $XXX.YY per copy. Demo version of InstantTeX is available from the NeXT public archive: nova.cc.purdue.edu. InstantTeX 744 Mayfield Avenue Stanford, CA 94305 Email: dmitri@StarConn.com Please e-mail to dmitri@StarConn.com for an order form. Please use the subject: Order Form Request [ Again in the future lets hope prices may be included -todd ]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!seismo!darwin.sura.net!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!ale!todd From: news@leland.stanford.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Announcing InstantTeX for NeXT computer Keywords: TeX User Interface NeXTstep NeXT Annouce Message-ID: <1992Jul21.170021.3875@liveware.com> Date: 21 Jul 92 17:00:21 GMT Sender: todd@liveware.com Reply-To: dmitri@StarConn.com Followup-To: poster Organization: Dmitri Linde Software Development Lines: 78 Approved: todd@liveware.com