Re: Beginner's question + Euroscript.

["Martin J. Osborne" osborne@xxxxxxxx]

You can easily write a printer driver to convert XyWrite character modes
(italic, bold, etc.) to LaTeX code, but much more than that requires a
good deal of effort.


Of course, LaTeX files are plain text, so you can use XyWrite to edit
them without doing any conversion. However, I strongly recommend
against doing so. There are now many good editors for LaTeX, and one
that's excellent---BaKoMa. Here's a review:

http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/osborne/latex/BAKOMA.HTM

When I started using LaTeX in the mid-1980s, things were different, and
I spent a lot of time fiddling with XyWrite to make it work well with
LaTeX. I still use that system (to which Manuel generously contributed
an important component) all the time. However, for a newbie, BaKoMa is
the way to go. (Or Lyx, if you want a free system.)


Martin

On 11/1/2010 7:56 PM, Ken Tzrok wrote:

Hi Manuel Castelao,

Thank you very much for the hint. I assume he can be contacted via the
list? It would actually be awesome to learn how to convert Xy-files to
Latex. (and html!) It will be the next step after I've managed to set up
Xy to my specific needs.

Kind regards, Lud




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*From:* Manuel Castelao 
*To:* xywrite@xxxxxxxx
*Sent:* Mon, November 1, 2010 11:27:21 PM
*Subject:* Re: Beginner's question + Euroscript.

Dear Ken,
You're welcome. The expert in XyWrite-Latex workflow is Martin Osborne.
I'm sure he can help you.
Manuel Castelao





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