Niklas Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Has anybody ever tried TeXmacs? (www.texmacs.org)
I have tried an earlier version. The display looks good, but I found
some major problems (for me, they are intentional features). TeXmacs
is *not* a frontend to TeX/LaTeX, it *never* runs these. You cannot
use LaTeX packages. Export to and import from LaTeX are only partially
supported, and will never be fully implemented. More info from the
TeXmacs FAQ:
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Question 5. What are the differences between TeXmacs and LyX?
Answer. TeXmacs is a more ambitious project. Some of its major
advantages are the following:
1.TeXmacs is fully WYSIWYG.
2.TeXmacs has a professional typesetting quality and nicer fonts.
3.TeXmacs comes with the Guile/Scheme extension language.
4.You can use TeXmacs as an interface to computer algebra systems.
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I don't really care much about 1. I don't really understand 2... I
doubt that TeXmacs is as good as TeX/LaTeX at typesetting
"professionally". I am sure the LyX developers will comment on point
3. I was thinking about developing 4 for some time but a number of
circumstances have halted the project. Please mail me if you have some
valuable insight into a nice way of doing it.
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