Hi all,
> [I've already posted a similar message two years ago but in the meantime I
> saw that various useful part of Gnustep (like Renaissance) are being
> developed more, so I hope in more luck and feedback this time.]
>
> TeXmacs (www.texmacs.org) is a scientific editing platform with high-quality
> typesetting capabilities. Principal features are: structured wysiwyg editing,
> interface with many scientific/graphical softwares (like Maxima, Octave, R,
> gnuplot, Python), guile scripting. The codebase is a mix of C++ and scheme
> (Guile). TeXmacs *does not* depends on TeX in any way.
>
> * The Cocoa/NS backend directory is trunk/src/src/Plugins/Cocoa
> * The Qt backend is in trunk/src/src/Plugins/Qt
>
> I think it would be a very strong addition to the set of GNUstep applications.
I was in urgent need of a scientific wordprocessing solution 20 years ago.
Since nothing existed on the market that came even close to my demands I
decided to develop one on my own. After a few hacking attempts on OS/2 Warp I
discovered OPENSTEP and restarted the project Objective-C based. Apples
NeXTstep acquisition was good news to me since this meant that I would have a
deployment platform if I ever finished the project. :-)
I am happy to announce that I finally made it (after 20 years). The
GNUstep/Cocoa based scientific wordprocessing solution can be checked out here
http://www.advanced-science.com
if anyone is interested. Please see the documentation links (especially
http://www.advanced-science.com/ProductsCassiopeiaSymbolicAlgebra.html) to get
an idea of the app. I for sure would have loved to see this 20 years ago while
studying physics. May be this is of value to anyone (the next generation of
physicists). It is definitely for me since I can continue my studies now. :-)
The app is currently available for Cocoa only since I doubt that the GNUstep
text system is compatible enough for a port to succeed though I haven't checked
that for years (so I might be mistaken). Fred?? However, the text system would
be the only issue. Everything else (GUI, database backend,...) runs fine on any
GNUstep platform (we actually use Solaris). So if there is enough interest and
with some help by GNUstep core developers (-> text system) it might be very
feasible to bring this thing to GNUstep in the forthcoming future.
Sorry, I didn't meant to hijack the thread! I just couldn't resist to respond
to a TeX/NeXTSTEP subject.
Thanks a lot to all that have spent and continue to spend time into the core
frameworks of GNUstep. We (humanity) need this platform more than ever. I
really encourage everyone considering to start a larger software project to
seriously consider GNUstep/OPENSTEP/Cocoa as the foundation. You can build
skyscrapers on this platform.
Sorry for the noise! Over and out ...
Andreas
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