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In article <GRODAN.92Apr8190652@cyklop.nada.kth.se> grodan@cyklop.nada.kth.se (Mats G L|fdahl) writes:
>
>Well, there is a lot of things I'd like to be able to do in the
>wysiwyg way. Building formulas, for example, by clicking on buttons.
>
>Clicking on a summation sign would then not just insert a Sigma
>bitmap (or whatever) but actually enter the \sum control sequence into
>the TeX file. With the cursor on a symbol (e.g. the Sigma), clicking
>on a superscript symbol would perhaps move the cursor to the
>superscript position and allow you to build a superscript (or, in case
>of the \sum control sequence, an upper limit of the summation).
>
>The parameters of a list environment is most often decided in the
>preamble, or style file, isn't it?
>
>Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that changes in either window
>should reflect in changes in the TeX source rather than in the dvi
>format. The big problem would be that of cursor position, rather than
>that of backward translation.
>
>What if you had a button that would pop up a window with a list of the
>parameters of the current paragraph (or the current list or the
>current environment)? Editing that list could put changes to those
>parameters in that paragraph (if necessary inside a group).
>
>Please bear with me if I continue with some more wishful thinking. I
>enjoy it, and I think I've worked enough with TeX and LaTeX to know
>what I'd like to have. I do not know if what I have in mind can be
>done, however, so if you just tell me why it can't I'll shut up. 
>
>o Marking a piece of text and clicking on the "\it" button could
>  surround the text with "{\it ... }". (\em, \bf, \Huge,...)
>
>o Clicking on a \section (in LaTeX) symbol would enter "\section{}" in
>  the TeX source, and position the cursor so that what I type next
>  would get in between the curly parentheses. (\subsection etc,
>  \figure, \table, \caption,...)
>
>o Cut and paste would not just copy the symbols on the screen, but
>  rather the text and control sequences in the marked region. If you
>  cut something from one environment and paste it into another, it
>  should be typeset according to the new environment, thus perhaps
>  producing very different output in the previewer screen. A simple
>  example is just copying text from an italicized region into a
>  bold-faced. 
>
>o Make the whole thing customizable, so it would recognize the most
>  common style files, and you could make your own customization for
>  your favourite LaTeX style or Plain TeX definition file.
>
As I've said before in this newsgroup, the new "Scientific Word" from 
TCI corp does most of this.  I haven't used it enough to say exactly what
is does do...   It is not wysiwyg in the sense that you see the document
formatted exactly like the texed version, but otherwise it is wysiwyg.
Carl Riehm.