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In article <1992Aug6.210916.3177@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> tlm@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.ca (Tom Marchioro) writes:
[Stuff deleted about Diagram and EqB]
>
>EquationBuilder is great for this (I just bought my own copy as well)
>but it does cost $ and in all fairness it's worth pointing out that
>you can do this *for free* using NeXT-TeX and its new "make into EPS
>file" option (included in dvips5485 or higher) or as a service with 
>Derek Beatty's TeXice, available on the archives.  The only thing
>you can't do as well is to resize if there are any math symbols because
>TeX makes bitmaps of them and the resizing gives you the "jaggies".  

	I haven't played with the TeX EPS feature yet, but I do have
	EqB and put some equations into Diagram and resized them to
	"very large" (as a test) and printed them out. As Sarg (of 
	"No Time for Sargarets") would say-"Smmooooooootttthhhh!"

	Charlie

>
>Just a few months ago the NeXT's inability to accomplish tasks like this
>was a real weak point, but now,wiht EqB, TeXice, loTeX and the upcoming
>versoin of NeXT-TeX it's one of NeXT's real strengths. 
>
>Tom
>
>PS:  Helpful hint to those trying to learn TeX, or who find it someone
>arcane, check out loTeX off the archives.Lots of helpful features.


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