Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:10:43 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Ond??ej Majerech <oxyd.oxyd@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: display and manipulate math symbols? Message-ID: <20100209231043.GA76811@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20100209225534.5e29093a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100209044004.GA73416@thought.org> <20100209202709.afb45d04.freebsd@edvax.de> <f60d361f1002091204u1c7dc5d0ob12fbe47aa8976ca@mail.gmail.com> <20100209225534.5e29093a.freebsd@edvax.de>
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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. then i saw how messy thing can get and i understand why no one has done this before! thanks, gents. gary > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.79a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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