From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 17:34:02 2007 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 D667816A417 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 17:34:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5152C13C447 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 17:34:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so502845nfb for ; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:34:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=hTL1z1zawOOJGQTptzEUJN/fF7AeI7tU6HsRb2A0UCM=; b=pLQas/Bb1gpMUXMUgiAOYL4Y65CMOEwNL+tVabyGOcaRmK005pLdaCSkkaxH+59K5XnFIzV70WkOSNYHmNNXau3cK73/X0LWRIEkpcNUArpQ+BXrlh14HSk+ZZwZKDB9nZIq5wEQoxy3CxZmEokZ5ATXIBpkW9+2UgQ/zKIDww0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=N/96qI+fF99KMPKbx4t9WgTmhUaHAC2X3zCicdpiBPXvZZIItsYlbsCxLXmV0QlJfiDEPxNe8m7sJYHi80+QLQNIYEo5v67CXY8EirI2l2Z2LYDyblCZCZ+s7OKLBtxsEcWAwgJwpgTYK3Y7WND2Whtdh9BSN2O6owMGFXmCkY0= Received: by 10.86.98.18 with SMTP id v18mr2636332fgb.1191605640651; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:34:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.68.18 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:34:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:34:00 -0500 From: "Andrew Gould" To: jahnke@sonatabio.com In-Reply-To: <1191604254.2944.12.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1191604254.2944.12.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: michaelgrunewald@yahoo.fr, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Equations (WAS: good replacement for open office) 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: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:34:02 -0000 On 10/5/07, Frank Jahnke wrote: > > > Since you seem to use the equation feature quite intensively, maybe > > you have any clue on making the equation editor perform better. > > Sorry I can't really be of much help with OO.o equations. > > What I do personally is a kludge, but it works well enough. For > documents that I create for read-only use, I use groff and friends. For > those that require collaboration, I use Wordperfect to create the > equations (it has an equation mode like troff's eqn), export them into > Word format, and then read them into Word. The equation mode in Word is > crippled, and you need to purchase MathType (I think that is the name) > to make it usable. > > The same goes for references, BTW: you really need to purchase an add-on > to make Word usable. In troff I just use refer together with Refbase. > > I've just not had much luck with OO.o's equation mode. If often crashes > Word, and since all the people I collaborate with use Word, well, I use > Word rather than try to teach them troff (or TeX). While they are all > top-flight scientists and engineers at major US research Universities, > their computer literacy is surprisingly low. > > I've given up on trying to find a BSD or Linux program that is good > enough for this purpose -- none really are. So I just use Word in a VM > and am done with it. Have you tried LyX?