Using TeX (Was RE: [Maxima] imaxima, xemacs and windows)

--- Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> There was a masters' project done by John Foderaro to
> do linebreaking and output macsyma stuff to an earlier
> typesetting system  (EQN, maybe even still available?)
> The system, photot  had parmeters for font size,
> line length etc.

Hmm.  Is this system available by any chance?  EQN, if it is the troff
typesetter, is still available as part of groff.

> What probably could be done is some open-source
> line-breaking math-ml formatter should be found and
> adapted so to our needs. A macsyma to mathml
> translator should not be difficult. I don't know
> about making the result viewable in imaxima, xemacs, etc
> and (has this been mentioned) how to interact with it, e.g. select
> subexpressions.

Curiously enough, I don't know of one capable of significant line
breaking, unless Mozilla's can.

> I don't expect first efforts to solve all problems;
> it is just that sometimes incrementally improving "ok"
> programs does not lead to a solution.  Like trying to
> get to the moon by making longer and longer ladders.

I agree we will eventually need to impliment a new solution.  But in
the meantime, the current efforts do provide some functionality now. 

CY

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