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Article #790Re: What DTP/WP do tables (other than Frame)?
From: Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:54
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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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!data.nas.nasa.gov!taligent!apple!veritas!amdcad!dvorak.amd.com!usenet From: rpomeroy@aunext3.cam.amd.com (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: What DTP/WP do tables (other than Frame)? Message-ID: <1992Aug18.145429.23268@dvorak.amd.com> Date: 18 Aug 92 14:54:29 GMT References: <1992Aug18.023119.19334@lsa.umich.edu> Sender: usenet@dvorak.amd.com (Usenet News) Reply-To: rpomeroy@aunext3.cam.amd.com Distribution: usa Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas Lines: 39