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Date:      Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:14:07 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: display and manipulate math symbols?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002091708010.11722@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100209231043.GA76811@thought.org>
References:  <20100209044004.GA73416@thought.org> <20100209202709.afb45d04.freebsd@edvax.de> <f60d361f1002091204u1c7dc5d0ob12fbe47aa8976ca@mail.gmail.com> <20100209225534.5e29093a.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100209231043.GA76811@thought.org>

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On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Gary Kline wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 10:55:34PM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
>> On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:04:41 +0100, Ond??ej Majerech <oxyd.oxyd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> As I guess the main reason for wanting to move symbols around visually
>>> is so that you don't have to remember tons of TeX sequences, this
>>> could be rather helpful.
>>
>> There was a tool called LyX; I have to admit that I never
>> used it, but maybe it also contains a mouse-driven editing
>> mechanism for formulas.
>
> lyx is there, in ports/print/lyx.  given all the work it takes to
> create what i'm thinking of, it makes sense to do it via the
> keyboard. --and even then, you may not get it right for several
> tries.  i was thinking of simple things like, say, the integral
> from 0 to pi dxdy; ormaybe the nth root of x-to-the-yth power.

OOo Math:
   int from 0 to pi dxdy
   nroot n (x^y)

Please reconsider the indenting on your posts.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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