I use LaTeX for pretty much all word processing (on my Mac, and any other platform I happen to be using). I've briefly tried some of the front end systems, but I always go back to using a text editor (gvim), pdflatex from the command line, and viewing the result with any convenient PDF viewer (Preview on my Mac). I like this setup for two reasons: it's the same across all platforms I use (mostly Mac and *nix, but Windows too); and, it's simple.
-Dan On 12/30/06, Owen Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, sorry to bother folks so much about math notation and all, but .. > > It looks like TeX and LaTeX are the de-facto standards for math type > setting and also for equation formatting .. well ahead of MathML. > Its also apparently a great word processing system in general. > > So the question to all you LaTeX folks, could you let us know which > of the many implementations you use, and how you use it? > > On the Mac, there're several options. The Mac TeX site > http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/ > .. has several distributions, and multiple front ends. TeXShop and > iTeXMac are the most popular unified edit/view systems. But many > folks simply use good text editors, with easy viewer integration of > some sort (DVI/PDF). > > From what I can tell, the two approaches are integrated edit/view > systems, vs your basic text editor using a standalone viewer. What > to FRIAMer TeX'ers like?? > > -- Owen > > Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- [ http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/kunkle/ ] ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
