Re: latex2rtf-1.9.16a_win.exe

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At 02.03.2005 13:08, you wrote:
>...
>1. The major problem. When I double-click on an RTF equation field in=20
>order to improve it by transforming to an MS-Equation object, the font=20
>information is ignored, so the Greek letters (of the symbol  font) become=
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>Latin ones: \alpha becomes a, and so on.
>Experimenting with it, I tried to put a symbol field into the equation=20
>field, because symbol fields enable one to indicate the font explicitly by=
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>"\f symbol" key, but the Equation Editor simply ignores all symbol fields=
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>within equation fields.
That's the way it is. Blame Microsoft for the incompatibilities from EQ=20
fields to Equation Editor. Conclusion: Don't try to convert the EQ fields=20
to Equation Editor. It will always be a mess.
If someone would supply the internal format of equation editor objects, it=
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might be that conversion of TeX formulae to Equation Editor objects could=20
be added as an additional option to latex2rtf, but currently I see no=
 chance.

>Similarly, the symbols such as =E2=88=9E,=E2=89=88,=E2=89 ,=E2=88=99 and so=
 on are also=20
>transformed into completely different symbols.
>
>2. It is not good that simple formulae like  x=3Dy+z  do not receive the=
 RTF=20
>equation field form unlike more complex formulae. I think so, because the=
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>use of the Equation Editor might give them a better formatting/spacing=20
>such as x =3D y + z .

This is intentional:
in LaTeX, the equation environment is often used for special formatting in=
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normal text, e.g. subscripts and superscripts. All these simple "equations"=
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should not get the overhead of EQ fields.
Moreover, not all rtf readers can interpret EQ fields, so that they can=20
only display equations which are converted to normal text.

>3. I think, it is not good that the Greek letters are not italicized in=20
>the formulae, because  x =3D =CE=B2 + =CE=B4  would have been better than=
 x=3D=CE=B2+=CE=B4.

The standard font used for Greek letters does not contain the italic=20
variant. Newer systems are able to display italic Greek letters but if we=20
would change the coding, the result could not be displayed correctly on=20
some target systems.

>4. Pre-defined (in the preamble) LaTeX macros such as
>\def\a{\alpha}
>worked fine in some formulae but did not work in some other ones.

Please supply a simple example.

>5. The Bitmap format worked good for "displayed equations" but did not=20
>work at all for "inline equations".

Please supply a simple example and describe exactly how you called the=20
converter.

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