The newly updated mailing list section of the faq http://abisource.com/support/faq/ suggests that people check the top ten list http://bugzilla.abisource.com/buglist.cgi?bug_status=SUBMITTED&bug_status=OPEN&bug_status=POSTPONED&votes=1&order=bugs.votes+desc%2C+bugs.priority%2C+bugs.bug_severity&keywords=rfe&keywords_type=anywords before making suggestions
I personally suggest that people gather together, all pay a small but fair amount and buy the time of one of the developers to work on particular feature. (there are problems with the implementation of this i know but i am offering small amounts towards the features i want) There is a Request for maths and equation editing, and if will probably get implemented when/if the developers can afford the time. On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Bruce Koehn wrote: > Abiword could become the darling of the scientific world > if it could handle mathematical notation in a manner similar > to TeX. I assume you are already familiar with LyX and OpenOffice (it has an equation editor). I know Open Office has a bad reputation for being a bit big and slow but it is cross platform and has gotten much better and is getting better and i like it. i found this link on Google for a windows version http://www.fh-hannover.de/mbau/tim/hentschel/lyx/ I dont use LyX myself i have learnt enough LaTeX for my needs there is a great tutorial here http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/ > 3. Cross platform compatibility would make life much easier since > such a variety of platforms are used in the scientific world. > 4. Internationalization is another driver because scientists tend > to communinicate internationally. > 5. Except for mathematical constructs, TeX and LaTeX are difficult > to use well. Merging the best of Abiword and TeX makes sense. If you have not already taken a long hard look at LyX you definately should. > 6. XML would be apealing to many scientists who prefer the ability > to use a text editor for much of their authoring work. Hand coding Math ML in XML is totally impractical, it was never designed for that (beleive me i tried). Mathematica from wolfram does export to MathML, and there are several programs that convert from LaTeX to MathML. There is some useful information available on the Mozilla.org website. Have you tried LaHelper? It is a Gnome tool to help convert mathematics to LaTeX http://lahelper.sourceforge.net/ > I don't know if XML has tags for producing mathematical text ala > TeX but such tags should not be hard to define. It does, it is called MathML (but im repeating myself). http://www.w3.org/Math/ > Version 2.0 perhaps? > > Regards, > Bruce Koehn Google is your friend, learn to love google http://www.google.com Asking the right question is often half the problem The DMCA (also known as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act) is Evil. http://theregister.co.uk/content/6/24533.html http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/21/0453200&mode=thread > ----------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > unsubscribe in the message body. Hope that helps Sincerely Alan Horkan Trinty College Dublin ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
