From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 9 23:10:52 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 048651065692 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 23:10:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B41C78FC15 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 23:10:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o19NAhwB083278; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:10:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:10:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:10:43 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20100209231043.GA76811@thought.org> References: <20100209044004.GA73416@thought.org> <20100209202709.afb45d04.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100209225534.5e29093a.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100209225534.5e29093a.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, FH_DATE_PAST_20XX autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ethic.thought.org Cc: Ond??ej Majerech , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: display and manipulate math symbols? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:10:52 -0000 On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 10:55:34PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:04:41 +0100, Ond??ej Majerech 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