BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  HotMetal          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (Non-Technical) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Ian Chodera Guest Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:57 am    Post subject: HotMetal Does anyone know what happened to SoftQuads HotMetal product - V5 was supplied as a freebie with one of the Delphi / C++ Builder editions and there was a version 6. All references to SoftQuads web site lead to Corel, but a search on the Corel site for HotMetal gives no results? has the product been dropped or taken over by some other company under a new name. If it has been dropped what is the best HTML / web page authoring suite available now ? - the ones I have found fall either into WYSIWIG camp - easy to create pages, but limited in what you can achieve or HTML editors, hard to use but ultimately unlimited. HotMetal crossed the gap nicely, but the V5 product doesn't understand some of the latest HTML codes and is poor at script support. Back to top Simon Bain Guest Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:22 am    Post subject: Re: HotMetal Hi, I think I can help there. "Ian Chodera" <ian (AT) archsw (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Does anyone know what happened to SoftQuads HotMetal product - V5 was supplied as a freebie with one of the Delphi / C++ Builder editions and That was a good deal in the UK but it took a number of meetings to get it tied down Quote: there was a version 6. SoftQuad were bought by Corel Corperation last year. HotMetal has been dropped... Quote: If it has been dropped what is the best HTML / web page authoring suite available now ? XMetaL -- But I would say that wouldn't I. - the ones I have found fall either into WYSIWIG camp - easy Quote: to create pages, but limited in what you can achieve or HTML editors, hard to use but ultimately unlimited. HotMetal crossed the gap nicely, but the V5 product doesn't understand some of the latest HTML codes and is poor at script support. On behalf of the old SoftQuad team thank you. I know they will be appreciative. If you are looking for help on the product then some of the old support team can be found here [email]support (AT) tendotzero (DOT) com[/email] If you are looking for a new editor. Sorry I suppose the best you can do is XMetaL but for most this maybe a little expensive. Regards Simon Bain TENdotZERO Quote: Back to top Randall Parker Guest Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:09 pm    Post subject: Re: HotMetal Simon, This is wondering even further off topic but since you sound like you know what you are talking about: I have Ph.D. mathematician friend who wants to know what the best HTML web page authoring program is for mathematicians who want to include equations. He needs a way to put in all that Greek lettering and the integral sign and easy ways to do sub and superscripts. I'm not even sure that he can do all that without using images. So is your XMetaL able to do this? Is it even doable in HTML? Or isn't there some sort of extension for describing equations using some XML standard (whose name escapes me)? Does any designer support that standard? MathML? Simon Bain wrote: Quote: On behalf of the old SoftQuad team thank you. I know they will be appreciative. If you are looking for help on the product then some of the old support team can be found here [email]support (AT) tendotzero (DOT) com[/email] If you are looking for a new editor. Sorry I suppose the best you can do is XMetaL but for most this maybe a little expensive. Regards Simon Bain TENdotZERO Back to top G.B.R. Guest Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:48 pm    Post subject: Re: HotMetal "Randall Parker" <STOPtechiepundit (AT) EVILfuturePOXpunditSPAM (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3fbcf574$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Simon, This is wondering even further off topic but since you sound like you know what you are talking about: I have Ph.D. mathematician friend who wants to know what the best HTML web page authoring program is for mathematicians who want to include equations. He needs a way to put in all that Greek lettering and the integral sign and easy ways to do sub and superscripts. I'm not even sure that he can do all that without using images. .... I think the basic Mathcad (under $100) is able to save in HTML. It has all the nice features mathematicians may need, and it also has easy to use wysiwyg editor. Back to top Simon Bain Guest Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:43 pm    Post subject: Re: HotMetal My XMetaL I should be so lucky although I can take some credit for bits of it. But I think the authors of the XML spec can take 99.9% of the credit. That is Peter and Bruce Sharpe wth a couple of their mates. But as for equation editors you need to be looking at MathML probably as the best approach and maybe, the best tool for this would be XMLSpy. Which handles MathML very well http://www.xmlspy.com/download_spy_enterprise.html Not my favourite editor, however that comes to personal preference, but it does do an excellent job. There are a number of other editors out there which I have not tried which may well be as good if not better and cheaper, I also know that a number of universities have their own plugins for various tools, including one for Emacs which are worth a look at, but not WYSIWYG. I hope that this helps. All the best Simon TENdotZERO "Randall Parker" <STOPtechiepundit (AT) EVILfuturePOXpunditSPAM (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3fbcf574$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Simon, This is wondering even further off topic but since you sound like you know what you are talking about: I have Ph.D. mathematician friend who wants to know what the best HTML web page authoring program is for mathematicians who want to include equations. He needs a way to put in all that Greek lettering and the integral sign and easy ways to do sub and superscripts. I'm not even sure that he can do all that without using images. Back to top Benny Hill Guest Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 8:50 pm    Post subject: Re: HotMetal On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:57:46 +0000, Ian Chodera wrote: * snip Ian's post asking about HoTMetaL * Would Amaya work for your friends needs? I haven't used it myself, I only noticed that it supports MathML... http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ -- Benny Remove your rose colored glasses before e-mailing me Back to top Mike Margerum Guest Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 4:11 pm    Post subject: Re: HotMetal maybe Tex/LaTex would work for him? Back to top Dominique Louis Guest Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:16 pm    Post subject: Re: HotMetal Hi Ian, I used to use Netscape ( AKA Mozilla ) composer and have always found ti adequaote for my needs. The latest version provides WYSIWIG, TAG, or straight HTML source code tabs. You can edit in either tag and it will be reflected in the WYSIWIG editor. Dominique http://www.DelphiGamer.com := go on, write a game instead; Ian Chodera wrote: Quote: Does anyone know what happened to SoftQuads HotMetal product - V5 was supplied as a freebie with one of the Delphi / C++ Builder editions and there was a version 6. All references to SoftQuads web site lead to Corel, but a search on the Corel site for HotMetal gives no results? has the product been dropped or taken over by some other company under a new name. If it has been dropped what is the best HTML / web page authoring suite available now ? - the ones I have found fall either into WYSIWIG camp - easy to create pages, but limited in what you can achieve or HTML editors, hard to use but ultimately unlimited. HotMetal crossed the gap nicely, but the V5 product doesn't understand some of the latest HTML codes and is poor at script support. Back to top Bernhard Keil Guest Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 1:52 am    Post subject: Re: HotMetal Randall Parker <STOPtechiepundit (AT) EVILfuturePOXpunditSPAM (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Simon, This is wondering even further off topic but since you sound like you know what you are talking about: I have Ph.D. mathematician friend who wants to know what the best HTML web page authoring program is for mathematicians who want to include equations. He needs a way to put in all that Greek lettering and the integral sign and easy ways to do sub and superscripts. I'm not even sure that he can do all that without using images. So is your XMetaL able to do this? Is it even doable in HTML? Or isn't there some sort of extension for describing equations using some XML standard (whose name escapes me)? Does any designer support that standard? MathML? Simon Bain wrote: Randall, you may want to have a look at SciWriter (http://www.soft4science.com) wich is a scientific WYSIWYG-Editor with integrated mathematical typesetting features. Ouput Formats are: 1.) XHTML 1.1 + MahtML 2.0 2.) (X)HTML + Math Images 3.) HTML-encoded e-mail 4.) HTML Help Files 5.) LaTeX ( coming in version 1.5) 6.) 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