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Subject: Re: What is Kformula's status?
From: David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date: 2000-02-28 23:44:26
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 03:26:43PM +0100, claus wilke wrote:
>
> >KFormula is now a library (in kdelibs), not a Part anymore (i.e.
> >not a standalone application nor a KOffice component).
> >
> >And KSpread and KWord make use of it already.
> >
> >Try them :)
>
> Sorry, but the last time I tried libkformula in kword (today), it was not up to
> the task of serious scientific work. It doesn't even display the symbols in
> italics (which is standard for mathematical formulas), and if you try to set
> single letters italics manually by selecting them and clicking on *I* in the
> toolbar, the whole formula gets set in italics.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I don't want to bash your work, it's just about not
> to create false impressions. Kword is a great program, but right now it is
> *not* usable for somebody who has to write a lot of mathematics (from my point
> of view not even for somebody who has to write just some mathematics).
Ah, I didn't know that.
Thanks for your answer.
Well, here it is. KOffice needs somebody to work on the libkformula
integration. Any volunteer ?
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David FAURE
david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
http://home.clara.net/faure/
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