![]() Using a LaTeX system has other major drawbacks and is (to me) a pain in the a**. Some solutions, like using Word or another word processor with an equation editor, has some major drawbacks. Typing codes and commands to write a document is very archaic to me and reminds me DOS back in the 80'. I can write most equations only by using the keyboard. In Expressionist, I trigger mu with a single key. > when I want to make a mu to type \\mu rather than have to cursor around some panel of sybols. It has a non-Mac like interface, something which reminds me Windoze. I find that, on the contrary, I constantly have to worry about coding, even to type a letter with an accent. This LaTeX system is supposed to free me from thinking about layout and presentation, and worry just about my subject. In this system, I have to write, for example : This is totally insane ! How is it possible ? It's unbelievable ! We are in 2004, not in 1980 ! Is there really someone out there, non-English, using this system without have gone insane ? While typing hit the key, and voila, the command is inserted.Īlternately, you could set up a Completion trigger to make the command for you, and place the cursor where you want it inside the brackets, but that would require hitting right arrow before continuing. Open up the Macros Editor (top of the Macros menu), add in macros for the various accented commands, and bind them to easy to remember keys. The International tab gives you single-click to the accented chars, but if you want to do it from the keyboard, you're going to have to use TeXShop's Macros. In TeXShop, pop up the Latex Panel ( Cmd-= ). But how can I use TeX with a WYSIWYG editor ? It's a real pain in the a** to write a technical document by using commands and coding ! Geez, we are in 2004, 21st century !! I downloaded and installed teTeX and iTeXMac yesterday and they appears to work properly. That's why I need to change my writing tools. This is a real pain in the a** to update. ![]() Also, there are many related sections between the files, but as soon as I change one, the other is broken and needs to be updated. I can't just click on a content and automatically go to the selected section. I have this long Contents file and all the separate chapters and sections. My problems are these : there is no links between separate documents. ![]() My old physics documents are looking terrific now, and I can share them with anyone on the net (it's all in French, sorry) I can make PDF out of Nisus 3.47 very easily by printing a PS file to the desktop and then convert it to PDF with the Preview app in Panther. I hate MSW to death and I'll never use it. All my coworkers are using MS Word and MathType. All was done in Nisus 3.47 (very old version now) with Expressionist. I'm a physics teacher and I've written a huge book on general relativity (not published). That horror story looks like very improbable to me.
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