From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 9 12:23:10 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 531C0106566C for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:23:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com (mail-ww0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E59FA8FC17 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:23:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwj40 with SMTP id 40so2175097wwj.13 for ; Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:23:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=HQ1GV8M/yXu2cibZGf+ijlclA5QBiX4ZSHArQfGswsk=; b=x2k3kaGjWjtPYMHrjgM/trU+Vxpz94JFI1ZfuOaqpqUo7H/FKsSAaqBXNE1HGjB7/y mQdtACuEtDJXdin1so13g5YIwSFbReHovcWPb+wpWcc6G8KfJRND3Dtm79E5M97URy1j TmbKXLbY9nXQfUD9ix8W4/qM2albspSP32nfM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=QNC2KWw3woWIEunf78MbZkvrEROmB5/GE04ktZAi2ujGjwgsx6L5nOt4t/WuZleOFx FpEEhUm4xWWzZXoaUj3roapUXL6LoKSAYP1UI907B1hrJAmB0KwzRzXep6llbEu2g4IV 8vxvEihB3Y3buWfZ2soMKsxVNA77SGp+rGpkU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.86.195 with SMTP id w45mr1344874wee.82.1265718188637; Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:23:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:23:08 -0500 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: display and manipulate math symbols? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bf1783@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:23:10 -0000 > Is there any app or web site where you can select from a bunch >of math symbols and arrange them on-screen? I'm not talking >about a program to solve; just display. And i think you can >describe things in english like "sqrt(2)" in OOo, and have that sq >root sign displayed. Not that either; rather pre-drawn symbols >that could be moused around, editors/abiword with deskutils/gucharmap? graphics/xfig or graphics/gimp with some math symbol images like those at: http://us.metamath.org/symbols/symbols.html? The drag-and-drop requirement is a bit limiting. If OpenOffice doesn't meet your needs (are you sure the drawing or presentation components won't work for you?), and you have the time, you might be better off learning TeX and using something like editors/texmacs or print/lyx15, which are WYSIWYG, or nearly so. b.