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Article #479Re: yet another TeX hack
From: Tom Marchioro
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:40
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:40
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> In article <BtLno5.Eto.1@cs.cmu.edu> > beatty+@COSMOS.VLSI.CS.CMU.EDU (Derek Beatty) > writes: I'm not sure that I ever posted about this; I > apologize if this is a repeat. > > I've written a simple app for fine-tuning portions of TeX > documents. It provides a window into which you can type or > paste TeX code, and as you make changes there, they are > reflected a few seconds later in the TeXview window. > There's also a handy, extensible reference to a few of the > odd symbols whose names I can never remember. It's a bit > oriented toward LaTeX, but it's also usable with other > TeX variants. > > Unfortunately, it will not work if your home directory is > in AFS. (If you don't know what this means, it probably > doesn't apply to you.) > > Look on sonata.cc.purdue.edu for > /pub/next/2.0-release/source/loTeX1.1.tar.Z -- > Derek_Beatty@cmu.edu ABD Comp Sci, CMU, 5000 Forbes, > Pgh, PA 15213 USA > In addition, Tom Rokicki has told me that with the new TeXview 3.0 (the one which will come wih NeXTstep 3.0 in, we hope, a few weeks) Derek's app can utilize the "reopen on same page" feature which has been added to TeXview, meaning loTeX can provide continous type/preview feedback on even multipage documents. i.e. itgoes a long way towards instituting a "Lightning TeXtures" application on the NeXT. I suggest you check out this really nice (and free) application. Tom
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!maccs!news From: tlm@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.ca (Tom Marchioro) Subject: Re: yet another TeX hack Message-ID: <1992Aug26.174003.18803@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: news@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (News account) Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. References: <BtLno5.Eto.1@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:40:03 GMT Lines: 34