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Re: typesetting fractions

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg45782] Re: [mg45748] typesetting fractions
• From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
• Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 03:29:16 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Incorporating what's been done with (La)TeX would be consistent with 
what Wolfram Research has begun to do in with the version 5 kernel: 
employing well-established, widely-used third-party libraries rather 
than relying on in-house development.


Garry Helzer wrote:

> ...TeX does an excellent job in this regard. TeX has been around
> since the '60s and is open source. Why doesn't someone at WRI just look
> at how TeX does it and incorporate the rules? Why reinvent the
> wheel especially if the wheels you produce in house always seem to have
> corners on the rim?


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• References:
  • Re: Re: Re: typesetting fractions
    • From: John Fultz <jfultz@wolfram.com>
  • Re: Re: Re: Re: typesetting fractions
    • From: Selwyn Hollis <sh2.7183@misspelled.erthlink.net>
  • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: typesetting fractions
    • From: Garry Helzer <gah@math.umd.edu>