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Article #2337Re: TeXmenu -- English?
From: Vadim S. Kaplunovsky
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 01:34
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 01:34
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In article <1992Aug28.024801.28694@tamsun.tamu.edu> andrewd@tamsun.tamu.edu
(Andrew T Duchowski) writes:
> TeXmenu looks interesting. Does it come or can it switch itself
> to English?
TeXmenu is crap, regardless of language.
If you want a GOOD NeXT interface to TeX, get TeXWorks by Dmitri Linde.
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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
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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,
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InstantTeX is very similar to Lightning Textures for Macintosh
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InstantTeX has a convenient panel containing buttons `Edit File',
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!bolvan.ph.utexas.edu From: vadim@bolvan.ph.utexas.edu (Vadim S. Kaplunovsky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: TeXmenu -- English? Message-ID: <78622@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 29 Aug 92 01:34:07 GMT References: <1992Aug28.024801.28694@tamsun.tamu.edu> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Lines: 91