From: news@leland.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce
Subject: Announcing InstantTeX for NeXT computer
Keywords: TeX User Interface NeXTstep NeXT Annouce
Date: 21 Jul 92 17:00:21 GMT
Reply-To: dmitri@StarConn.com
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Organization: Dmitri Linde Software Development


	          	 ANNOUNCING

			InstantTeX 1.0
		        by Dmitri Linde

 	      A User Friendly Interface to TeX
		     For the NeXT Computer


	Some time ago, the only user friendly interface to TeX existed for
Macintosh and Amiga computers, but now we are is pleased to present
InstantTeX, a user friendly interface to TeX for the NeXT computers.

	The standard way to use TeX on NeXT is to write the text in Edit and
to use Terminal to TeX it. Each time you want to TeX the file, you
have to type a unix command in Terminal. To locate the line with an
error, you have to open the line panel in Edit and type the line
number there. This is rather inconvenient.

	With InstantTeX you can TeX your file in any format you wish,
directly from Edit, just by pressing a key. The format of you TeX
files can be determined automatically.

	If TeX notices an error in your file, you can press a key and
InstantTeX will go to the line which contains the error. This
considerably simplifies editing your text.

	The main advantage of InstantTeX is that it instantly previews your
files as you are writing them. A few seconds after you type a key,
the new output appears in TeXview. This is very useful for writing
equations, macros, adjusting the spaces and sizes in your file, and
almost everything else that you can do with TeX. In this respect
InstantTeX is very similar to Lightning Textures for Macintosh
computer. Our program works well even on multiple-page documents, due
to the speed of the NeXT computers.

	InstantTeX has a convenient panel containing buttons `Edit File',
`Go On', `Ignore All Errors', `Help With Error', `Quit TeX', `Use
Another File', `TeX Again', `Preview'.

	You may send TeX files to people who do not have NeXTs. The files
you are going to send will be automatically truncated to 80 or 70
characters a line, and will not contain errors that Mail makes when
it truncates TeX files.

	If TeX cannot find a file, you can open a standard NeXT open panel
and select the right file.

	There is an online reference card which helps you write Greek
letters, operators, relations, and other TeX symbols.

	There are more than 20 various options to suit your preferences.

	InstantTeX version 1.0 is expected to ship in late July, 1992, and
will work with NeXT computers running NeXTSTEP 2.0. Users who
purchase InstantTeX for NeXTSTEP 2.0 will be entitled to a free
upgrade to InstantTeX, which will work with NeXTSTEP 3.0. The new
version of InstantTeX will take full advantage of new features in
NeXTSTEP 3.0, including TeXview 3.0.

	Until the release of NeXTStep3.0, InstantTeX 1.0 will be available
at a special introductory price of $XXX.YY per copy. Demo version of
InstantTeX is available from the NeXT public archive:
nova.cc.purdue.edu.

InstantTeX
744 Mayfield Avenue
Stanford, CA 94305
Email: dmitri@StarConn.com


Please e-mail to dmitri@StarConn.com for an order form. Please use
the subject:

Order Form Request

[ Again in the future lets hope prices may be included -todd ]
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