From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 10 00:14:09 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 08D9C106566B for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:14:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5BDD8FC0C for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:14:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1A0E7T7012041; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:14:07 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o1A0E7jw012038; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:14:07 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:14:07 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Gary Kline In-Reply-To: <20100209231043.GA76811@thought.org> Message-ID: References: <20100209044004.GA73416@thought.org> <20100209202709.afb45d04.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100209225534.5e29093a.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100209231043.GA76811@thought.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:14:08 -0700 (MST) Cc: 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: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:14:09 -0000 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 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