Re: Technical Publishing Made Easy with New Wolfram Publicon Software
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- Subject: [mg50261] Re: Technical Publishing Made Easy with New Wolfram Publicon Software
- From: drbob at bigfoot.com (Bobby R. Treat)
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:34:37 -0400 (EDT)
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This appears to be an elaborate waste of binary bits. Rather than make Mathematica do pagination right (and a few other simple things), they made a new stand-alone LaTex derivative with no computational capability. MUCH of the content I'd likely put into Publicon, if I used it, would originate in Mathematica. But conversion is a one-way street. Note that Publicon doesn't support footnotes; something every word processor does do, and something every technical document needs. On the PLUS side, it's cheap--except in terms of the learning curve. The online tour makes using it look very involved. Bobby newsdesk at wolfram.com (Wolfram Research) wrote in message news:<cg20f3$od7$1 at smc.vnet.net>... > Technical Publishing Made Easy with New Wolfram Publicon > Software > > Wolfram Publicon, a powerful new publishing tool based on the > underlying document technology of Mathematica, is now available > to purchase as a download for Windows and Mac OS X. > > Created for the growing number of academic researchers, > students, and industry professionals who need to create > precisely formatted technical documents in XML and other > structured data formats, Publicon incorporates many exciting > features including inline math and chemistry typesetting, > publisher-specific style sheets, and a scrolling WYSIWYG > interface ideal for online presentation. > > With Publicon, users can compose more engaging technical > documents that intuitively incorporate complex scientific > research. Mathematica users will especially appreciate > Publicon's unique ability to understand and identify math. All > Mathematica work, including dynamic 2D and 3D plots, can be > pasted directly into Publicon documents. Publicon will preserve > the mathematical content so the work may be evaluated at any > time in Mathematica. > > Heralded as a "major advance" by Open Access publisher BioMed > Central, Publicon was built to take the guesswork and hassle out > of formatting technical documents for publication. Combining > ease of use with cutting-edge technology, Publicon is the first > choice for composing structured technical documents for > electronic or print publication. > > For more information, please visit: > http://www.wolfram.com/publicon