On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 09:42:31AM -0400, Johan Kullstam wrote: > Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:21:41 -0500, cecil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Someone told me today at lunch that what with my "wierd obsession", as > > > he called it, to perhaps go without a gui(X), I should try "that latex > > > thingie". My buddy is a real wordmaster. LOL. I did some reading up on > > > it; it's interesting. I never knew that you could do all that with no > > > window system. Does anyone here use it on a regular basis, and if so, > > > how hard is it to use, setup, print, etc? > > > > I used it to write up my 3rd year project, and I think it probably > > ended up being as useful as writing it in microsoft word (not taking > > into account of course the unavailability of word for linux). > > > > Much of the power that latex has exists now in word: e.g. automatic > > contents building. > > How about automatic equation numbering like this? > > Sample > x = 3 (4) > and > y = 14 (5) > > I want little numbers at the end of the line, with auto-increment > please. I do NOT want some horrible "Equation 4" caption under the > equation. >
I think mathtype can do this although I am not sure. It is much better then equation editor although I still can't stand the thing ;-) > I do a lot of maths and find word to be rather inadequate and very > awkward. > I find word to be rather inadequate for just about anything (I sometimes use it to attach several scanned pages for a fax and to fix my girlfriends formating but thats about it). For math work I find the description inadequate a bit of an understatement. I would go more with the feeling you get when someone is sticking needles in you while someone else is frying you at the same time over a not so small fire 8-P > > I used bibtex for references which was a blessing > > and a curse. The appearance was significantly more attractive than > > anything I could concoct in word; and the typesettings is second to > > none. However some of the limitations/annoyances really built up and > > got on my nerves. > > > > I adopted a vim script called `vim-latexsuite' mid way through and > > found it very helpful; especially `auto-folding' which collapses each > > section up until you ask it to be expanded. > > > > Find and print out a good reference sheet and try out vim-latexsuite, > > an emacs equivalent if thats your poison or an environment such as > > kile or lyx. > > > > -- > > Jon Dowland > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Johan KULLSTAM > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
