Chris Fearnley on Sun, 5 Dec 1999 23:44:17 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [Plug] Equation Editor for Linux


On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 03:51:56AM +0000, Nicolai Rosen wrote:
> Anybody know of an equation editor for Linux? If you don't know what this 
> is, it's something capable of producing math equations as you would write 
> them. You're able to insert special symbols such as the integral symbol, and 
> you have the capability of doing special placement and formatting, such as 
> showing division vertically w/o using seperate lines. You can see the M$ 
> Word version by going to insert, object, microsoft equation x.x. It's an 
> incredible capability and I'd love to find one for Linux so that I would be 
> independent of M$ for one more application.

I use LaTeX for my mathematics and scientific publishing.  It is very
flexible and was designed with math publishing in mind.  I highly
recommend Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly's ``A Guide to LaTeX''.

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