On Tue, 27 May 2008, Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the
bakoma
package.
Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware
Improvement in BaKoMa TeX 8.23 are:
- Genrates PDF file version 1.4
- Support for HyperRef specification of hyperlink border color. 'Options/Document Properties/HyperLinks' provides more control.
- Measuring tool in TeXWord works like to DVIEW.
- Fixed openning file from network drives (\ServerResourceDirectory...)
- Fixed problem with clearing file at creating from template with UTF8
encoding.
More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/changes.php or http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html
-------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 8.23 ------------------
BaKoMa TeX 8.23 supports two coexisting IDE:
- BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
- Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical IDE.
They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document.
About BaKoMa TeX Word.
BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts:
- It is True WYSIWYG Editor. It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed. It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer.
- It is True LaTeX Editor. It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document.
BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related with import graphics, font support, and document export.
It supports processors: (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. Other processors such as Omega may be added in future.
It imports: EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. It supports fonts: OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. It exports: DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT).
It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.
Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing.
Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.) is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'.
TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables.
TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation. In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents. So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work.
Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers.
More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html
Some screenshots are available at: http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/screenshots.php
Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/
New features in BaKoMa TeX 8.23 are:
- Genrates PDF file version 1.4
- Support for HyperRef specification of hyperlink border color. 'Options/Document Properties/HyperLinks' provides more control.
- Measuring tool in TeXWord works like to DVIEW.
- Fixed openning file from network drives (\ServerResourceDirectory...)
- Fixed problem with clearing file at creating from template with UTF8
encoding.
More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/changes.php or http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html
Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf