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Article #837Re: What DTP/WP do tables (other than Frame)?---EqB?
From: Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 19:34
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 19:34
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In article <1992Aug20.160655.19516@ornl.gov> jblencoe@blencoe.chem.ornl.gov (James G. Blencoe) writes: >>In article <1992Aug18.172935.6287@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> >>cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Cahalan) writes: >>> 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: [saving electrons] >>> > 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 >>> >>> I second what Hal has said. The only thing I would add is that, while >>> there will be some non-EqB people wanting TableBuilder (TaB), EVERY user >>> of EqB will also want TaB, especially if it outputs TeX. Thus, you >>> probably ought to provide a "package deal" and also an upgrade for >>current >>> users of EqB, like me. >> >>Allow me to add my name to the list of people who would be interested in >>such a product. I also would like to see it bundled with EqB, as Mr. >>Cahalan suggests in his post. >> >>Jim Ditto -- Ronald Pomeroy Advanced Micro Devices CAM Applications Group rpomeroy@aunext3.amd.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!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)?---EqB? Message-ID: <1992Aug20.193412.2396@dvorak.amd.com> Date: 20 Aug 92 19:34:12 GMT References: <1992Aug20.160655.19516@ornl.gov> Sender: usenet@dvorak.amd.com (Usenet News) Reply-To: rpomeroy@aunext3.cam.amd.com Distribution: usa Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas Lines: 41