What is going on at Y & Y

[Murray Eisenberg]

The question is what are the alternatives (under Windows)!

I used to use PCTeX, but it was never easy to use it with PostScript
fonts.  While MathTime is now supported for that, apparently Lucida
Bright is not.  (I wrote a whole book that was converted to the Lucida
Bright family at the last minute; that's when I switched everything to Y&Y.)

I do use MikTeX from time to time.  A cinch to install (and free!).  But
dviwindo beats the pants off the YAP previewer in speed.  If I recall
correctly, the same is true of dvipsone.

Herbert Gintis wrote:

>         This list is wonderful and I read it studiously, contributing
> when I can. I use Y & Y, and I have no troubles with it any more,
> although configuring it for XP was a nightmare.
>         However, I will no longer recommend Y & Y to my colleagues,
> since the documentation is out of date and the company appears not to care.
>         How much time have you tech support people spend go over the
> same problems again and again, all the fault of outdated Y & Y software.
> It is very painful to watch.
>         The software should install without the user having to know
> ANYTHING. This is the only acceptable software standard.
>         Why doesn't someone do something about this???
>
> Herb
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> Herbert Gintis
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