Mathematica 3.0 and LaTeX document preparation
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg8025] Mathematica 3.0 and LaTeX document preparation
- From: Mario Sancho Graca <mario_sancho.graca at virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 22:32:36 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
>From the TCI Software Research discussion list (SWP = Scientific WorkPlace). Samuel Lin wrote: > Hi Everyone > Does anyone know if SWP works perfectly with Mathematica 3.0 under > Windows > 95 environment? What if you want to use a Mathematica command which is > not > listed in the SWP Mathematica ICON? Is there any command table between > SWP > and Mathematica 2.2.3 for instance? > > Samuel Lin > lien at 140.116.84.180 I understand that Scientific WorkPlace has some MathLink functionality that enables it to send input to Mathematica and receive its output, but it does not provide the full Mathematica environment. It seems to me that the best way of working with both products, at the present time, is to typeset the final document in Scientific Word or Scientific WorkPlace and to keep the calculations in a Mathematica notebook, exporting only the final results. Mathematica 3.0 has a custom interface (front end) which has completely changed from the previous version (Mathematica 2.2). It has powerful typesetting and new graphical elements like pallettes, so that it makes the need for an auxiliary front end redundant. Its document preparation capabilities are, however, still under development and a special package is best. One of the best features of LaTeX is the generation of structured documents. In the future, automatic conversions of Mathematica notebooks to LaTeX files will become easier. -- Mario Sancho Graca Email: mario_sancho.graca at virgin.net M.S.Graca at Warwick.ac.uk University of Warwick Department of Engineering Coventry CV4 7AL United Kingdom