[Mac OS X TeX] The role of TeXShop

William Adams wadams at atlis.com
Tue Jan 15 17:49:39 CET 2002



mikeyg said:
>Here here to the above!  It is important that developers (in support
>of OpenDoc) see that the users want this style of software
>development - integration.  Keep up the good work.

Uh, is there anything left of OpenDoc in Mac OS X?

FWIW, I've always found NeXT apps to be much leaner / focused than
(typical) Mac applications. (I don't consider Alpha or BBEdit to be
typical / representative of (contemporary, mainstream) Mac applications
(i.e. stuff by large corporations, e.g. MS Word, Adobe Illustrator,
Macromedia DreamWeaver)).

I'd also like to note that one can see a hint of NeXTstep-style
inter-application operation in Gerben Wierda's nifty TeX Service.app
utility---and unlike OpenDoc, commercial third-party developers were
willing to create programs which supported and provided Services 'cause
it wasn't felt that they'd cannibalize the market as people rolled
custom solutions piecemeal.

William
(who liked the concept of OpenDoc and QuickDraw/GX and was sad to see
them go away, and who needs to find the time to get back to working in
Mac OS X but needs to finish working on the figures and tables for a
four volume encyclopaedia)

--
William Adams, publishing specialist
ATLIS Graphics & Design / 717-731-6707 voice / 717-731-6708 fax
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
http://www.atlis.com



-----------------------------------------------------------------
To UNSUBSCRIBE, send email to <info at email.esm.psu.edu> with
"unsubscribe macosx-tex" (no quotes) in the body.
For additional HELP, send email to <info at email.esm.psu.edu> with
"help" (no quotes) in the body.
This list is not moderated, and I am not responsible for
messages posted by third parties.
-----------------------------------------------------------------




More information about the macostex-archives mailing list