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Re: What DTP/WP do tables (other than Frame)?

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From: Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:54
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In article <1992Aug18.023119.19334@lsa.umich.edu> Hal.Varian@umich.edu writes:
>>In article <1992Aug17.213921.9430@athena.mit.edu>  
>>ray@mtl.mit.edu (Ray Ghanbari) writes:
>>> That having been said, we have been toying with the idea of  
>>fleshing out  
>>> our Matrix class so that it can form the basis of a legitimate  
>>table  
>>> editor (TableBuilder?) that does all the wonderful things that  
>>one would  
>>> hope for.  The only question we had was whether there really  
>>was a need  
>>> for this sort of thing.  Comments, wish lists, PO's??? :-)
>>> 
>>> Ray Ghanbari                                
>>> Digital Tool Works
>>> ray@dtw.com
>>
>>I strongly encourage you to do this.  In fact, I spoke with one  
>>of your representatives at the Mathematica convention in Boston  
>>suggesting that this would be a great product.  A lot more  
>>people produce tables than equations (for better or worse.)
>>
>>Ideally, TableBuilder should be a palette object.  That way it  
>>can be part of spreadsheets, stat packages, presentation  
>>packages, publishing, etc., etc..  It should produce output in  
>>EPS or in TeX.  You can sell the palette object, along with a  
>>front end for it like EqB.
>>---
>>Hal.Varian@umich.edu    Hal Varian
>>voice: 313-764-2364     Dept of Economics
>>fax:   313-764-2364     Univ of Michigan
>>                        Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220

YES YeS yES YEs !!!!
--
Ronald Pomeroy
Advanced Micro Devices
CAM Applications Group
rpomeroy@aunext3.amd.com
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From: rpomeroy@aunext3.cam.amd.com (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop))
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Subject: Re: What DTP/WP do tables (other than Frame)?
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