Newbie Write & Edit (Latex)

[steve at horne.homelinux.net]

On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 11:28:09AM -0400, paul.cour1 at verizon.net wrote:
> Hello
> 
> In the context of the recent post of
> DTP vs Word processors, I have often wondered
> about Latex. I recall some ole Unix Guy 
> telling me that Latex was the thing.

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I believe that most math and physics journals accept papers written
in tex/latex.  I use it almost exclusively.
It integrates well with Maxima, a very powerful free CAS tool -- 
I use Maxima to do the algebra, and have it emit latex code
for the equations ...

                         Steve