Re: Scientific Workplace vs Latex2e

Ralf Stubner wrote:
"J.S.Milne" <ggl@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Most of us who write a lot of mathematics find a WYSIWYG front end like
SWP absolutely indispensible (you see the mathematics as mathematics
when you are writing/editing, not as TeX code).

Indispensible? No. I know hardly anybody in my field (theoretical
physics) using SWP. I personally like using preview-latex, though, which
gives me both: full control over the source code and excellent previews
where I want them.

cheerio
ralf
And how many books have you written in latex?

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