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[Magnus Rohde <address@hidden>]

Congratulations on the new graphical mode, that we've been hearing 
about for so long.

However there are a few thoughts that I've done on the direction of the 
project that I would like to share with you, even though you might not 
agree.
I think that the focus of the TeXmacs-project should be on improving 
the essential functionality of TeXmacs instead of adding new (major) 
functions, like the graphical mode. It is impossible to compete with 
purposebuilt applications such as Xfig or (the non-free) Illustrator on 
"their turf". Such new functions only have some justification if they 
can in some way enhance the existing program e.g. via resizing/place 
graphics with the mouse.
I fully understand that TeXmacs is dependent on volunteers, and that it 
is often more exciting to work on "new fancy things", but if TeXmacs 
should ever be a mature, widely used program, someone has to do the 
boring stuff too.


Magnus


Den 28/9-2005, kl. 12:08, skrev Joris van der Hoeven:

> We are happy to announce a new mode for drawing graphical pictures.
> A first alpha-release comes with the last version 1.0.5.9 of TeXmacs,
> which is available now. In order to insert a graphics, do
>
>         Insert -> Image -> Draw image
>
> More information is available from
>
>         http://www.ags.uni-sb.de/~henri/texmacs/aTeXmacsGraphicsTutorial.pdf
>
> A reference manual will be included directly into TeXmacs later.
>
> Best wishes, Joris