Equations (WAS: good replacement for open office)

[Andrew Gould]

On 10/4/07, Chad Perrin <perrin at apotheon.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 12:34:00PM -0500, Andrew Gould wrote:
> > On 10/5/07, Frank Jahnke <jahnke at sonatabio.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've given up on trying to find a BSD or Linux program that is good
> > > enough for this purpose -- none really are.  So I just use Word in a
> VM
> > > and am done with it.
> >
> > Have you tried LyX?
>
> I think "this purpose", in this case, means "collaborating with people
> using MS Word".  That being the case, LyX is sort of the opposite of what
> he needs, even if it handles equation work excellently for print --
> because, of course, it *doesn't* handle MS Word DOC format at all.
>
> At least, it didn't the last time I checked.  I imagine the LyX
> maintainers haven't suddenly jumped on the "interoperate with MS Office"
> bandwagon lately.
>
> --
> CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
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>

You are so right about that.  I saw "equations" in the subject line and
jumped a little to quickly.  ;-)