mailing-list for TeXmacs Users

[Mark Arrasmith <address@hidden>]

Sorry I didn't respond earlier to your email.  Did you get many responses 
from 
TeXmacs users?

On Sunday 23 October 2005 02:25 am, address@hidden wrote:
> We have three questions: First, is there anyone who already has written a
> plugin like this for TeXmacs? 

Not that I know of.  But I mentioned in the previous email about FFES.

> Second, is there anyone who might be 
> interested in such a program if it were to work well? 

I would be very interested as long as it would run under Linux.

> Finally, (and this is 
> a long shot), our initial attempt to copy the help file to write a program
> (like minimal), ended up with only one of the two windows necessary for the
> program showing up (alas, the less important one)...is that something
> someone happens to know a lot about?

No.  But as you can probably tell from my previous email, I don't think that 
a 
TeXmacs plugin is the way to go.  A virtual keyboard is a better solution.  
For example the program Keymacs that I use on my tablet supports some 
generalization.  So just for fun I made a button on the keyboard that would 
output the string $ x + y = z $.  Hitting the button does what I expect in 
TeXmacs.  It enters equation mode, types x + y = z, and then leaves equation 
mode.

Virtual keyboards (like Keymacs or Xstroke) enter the characters or strings 
as 
if they are typed on the real keyboard.  So one posible solution would be to 
extend an existing virtual keyboard.  Keymacs can create button keyboards and 
use the merlin or scribble recognition engines as plugins.  What your math 
engine would need to do is just interpret the image and then have the virtual 
keyboard type out  ...

     $ \int [return] x^2 [right arrow] [space] d [space] x $

          or
     $ \int [return]_2^10[right arrow] [space] x [space] d [space] x $

          or whatever key order strings would be proper to type into TeXmacs.

Anyway, just an idea.  I would be interested in anything you come up with.

- mark