In huji's math department a lot of ppl use latex for write math in hebrew and it seems to work fine for them. I know for example that Prof. Azriel Levi which has his logic book published ( can be found on his web page) and he wrote it using lyx. Don't forget that with latex(lyx) you can easily export it into mathML. Ms word also has problem with fonts whatever you see on one computer is not what you see on the other ( I had those problem with ppt for a seminariun I was doing when I used the equation editor) You should also check using mathmatica as equation editor on linux though I'm not sure how well copy paste from it works.
Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Yosef Leibovich wrote: > Hi, > I wish to write a mathematical book to be published (think Academon > publication for instance, real book should be produced) (sollutions for > questions in Misler's excellent book for Infinistimal Calculus BTW). I > want to use open-source sollution however I think I might have no such > oprions. I thought of the following options: > 1) OpenOffice, > pros: WYSIWYG, easy text styling (one can define h1/2/3 and normal text) > good equation insertion. > cons: Horrible hebrew+english handling (fixing up a f(x) is no > picnic...), no one uses it, so I except no support from publicator > 2) Latex, > pros: very easy styling and macroing (I can define answers and question, > and decide later where to place them with a simple script), nice hebrew > support. > cons: aplying new fonts should be problematic. Many hebrew related bugs > (cutting equations wrongfully) I assume there will be some support for > it but I'm not sure how much. > 3) MS-Word, > pros: Very convinient method for embedding hebrew with English, > extremely excellent support in all aspects (embedding different equation > handler), new versions also do styles very nicely > cons: Equation writing is obnoxious (click on the sign you desire), > non-opensource. > My questions are: > Will anything-other-than MS-Word will be accepted by publications (I've > never written a mathematical book so I've no idea what are they using > (heard of Quark but not sure what it is) > Is there any other method I missed for editing Hebrew mathematical > texts, opensource or not. > What do you think is the best options for me, it seems that, sadly, > MS-Word beats all other participants with one hand tied, > Thanks > Elazar Leibovich > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
