RE: soaking, music-tex and Slim Harpo

[Chris Pierce <pierccm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

" B.G. de Boer" <boerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>For somethin completely different: I have tried  musicTex, but I'm affraid
>that its a bit too sophisticated and hard to learn for the limited purposes you
>would use it for when writing down harp-music. I found also some flaws in the
>files I got from the FTP-site. So we're probably stuck with improvised notations
>until something better comes along.

Yea, like I've said, that is the main DISadvantage.  But after
learning TeX, MusicTeX is not so difficult.  It looks bad (it looks
REALLY bad), but it's not HORRIBLE.

Here are some things I found in a TeX newsgroup about a WYSIWYG (What
You See Is What You Get) interface for TeX.

I have NO idea if the WYSIWYG software is free like normal TeX
implementations (one of the following letters says something about the
cost of one program).  So this might not be the way to go either.

If any one has any ideas, or knows of any other programs which might
be as portable and cheap as TeX (and at least close to as powerful),
then let us know.

Thanks,

Chris
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From: maltby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gavin Maltby)
Subject:Re: Need WYSIWYG LaTeX for Sun/Unix
Date: 8 Oct 1993 09:14:58 GMT
Message-ID:<293b2i$q38@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Harvard Townsend (harv@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
: One of our faculty asked if there exists any WYSIWYG interfaces for
: LaTeX in the Sun SPARC environment. Right now he uses emacs and xdvi,
: but would like something more tightly integrated. Ideally, he'd like to
: type in an emacs window and have the formatted result display in another

He may want to have a look at 'doc' which is part of the Interviews 
distribution, available here and there.  It is an X word processor based
on LaTeX.  It saves the document in a LaTeX-like format, but provides
some wysiwyg as you work.  I have not used it much.  I can supply
binaries for Sparc (SunOS 4.1.1) if you don't want to build all of 
Interviews.

Cheers

Gavin
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From: christopher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Christopher Mabb)
Subject:Re: Need WYSIWYG interface to LaTeX 
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 23:16:12 +0000
Message-ID:<750035772snz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

In article <1993Oct7.023757.10633@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> riehm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

|>In article <28v9cm$j4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> feldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Damon
|> Feldman) writes:
|>>I'm looking for some software to allow me to see what I am typing
|>>in LaTeX, and preferably type comprehensible symbols into a document.
|>
|>There are (at least) 2 such packages for the PC: Scientific Word and Leo.
|>The second is my favorite.  It is Leo. Leo's address is below...
|>
|>
        Thanks for the mention of Scientific Word (WYSIWYG TeX for
MS-Windows). If anybody would like an information pack so as to compare
Scientific Word with Leo, just Email your postal address to us. It *is* 
commercial software, however.

        Thanks,

        Christopher.

-- 
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From: riehm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Carl Riehm)
Subject:Re: Need WYSIWYG interface to LaTeX
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 02:37:57 GMT
Message-ID:<1993Oct7.023757.10633@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

In article <28v9cm$j4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> feldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Damon Feldman) writes:
>I'm looking for some software to allow me to see what I am typing
>in LaTeX, and preferably type comprehensible symbols into a document.
>
>Like typing:
>
>^U{ x \ni S | x < 10 }
>
>or something where ^U is ctrl-U and mean "union".   
>
>Likewise I'd like to type ^L for \lambda etc. etc.

There are (at least) 2 such packages for the PC: Scientific Word and Leo.
SW is a large and complete Windows program, with a slick interface.  I 
haven't tried the latest version which came out last spring, but the first
version was unsatisfactory (to me).  It lacked a certain flexibility.  It
is a complete version of Latex, including the compiler, printer drivers, and
viewers.

The second is my favorite.  It is Leo.  It is a DOS editor for Latex and 
certainly does not have the attractive interface that SW has.  But it is
cheap (~$150) and has a terrific editor, closer to what Damon Feldman wants.
Even better than control keyboard macros, it has "abbreviations", meaning
that to type union you could type uni followed by a space; not only 
would Leo insert a union symbol, but if you weren't in math mode at the time, 
Leo would stick you in it!  Leo also doesn't mind if you do things that he
doesn't understand.  Of course you have to get a compiler, printer driver, 
viewer, but emtex is available for this. Leo's address is below.
Carl Riehm.

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