Last year, I gave similar suggestion, but the response is pessimistic.
---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:38:36 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [discuss] latex users > > I am using the beta version of OpenOffice, and very fond of it. > Although I really enjoy using it for all text purposes, I am > not that delighted by the math-mode of Oo. > > Indeed, as every scientists on earth, in need for well-typed > scientific documents, I rather use latex, and usually without > any particular software for that - using ultraedit/notepad/emacs/vi/gedit > which are native text editor. > > I was very disappointed that Oo was in a sense copying scientific > word which is a clearly very bad... A rather good way for Oo > could be something in between Lyx: > > http://www.lyx.org/ > > or Kile: > > http://kile.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php > > the very issue being, not to developp another proper language, but > using the very strength of all the long experience in latex. > > A very very very good software to "copy" should be : > > http://www.mackichan.com/ > > and as you could figure, this software uses the very common > and suitable language that Latex is... > > Frankly, if you want to tackle the scientific community which > is clearly a Oo-pro (especially because Oo provides this magnificient > plug-in that can convert everything in .pdf : splendid !) > > In short words, I do believe that the path that Oo followed in the > "Math" product is not convenient nor for the scientific community > neither for the other people. > > And as a conclusion, I propose my services to the Oo community, in > order to reoriente the direction the "Math" poject looks like, in order > to make it reach the highest known standards. > > Best regards to all ! > Fabrice Mathurin _________________________________________________________________ 中国十大热门旅游景点 http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%8D%81%E5%A4%A7%E9%A3%8E%E6%99%AF&mkt=zh-CN&form=QBRE --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
