Hello, I absolutely do't have any idea of typesetting formulas but I have a question on PPCHTeX: is that used in the file eppchtex.pdf which is in the manuals folder?
Wolfgang Zitat von Tobias Hilbricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Am Dienstag, 25. Oktober 2005 20:56 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: > > Jörg Hagmann wrote: > > > > I am > > > sure PPCHTEX would do a better job. > > If PPCHTeX is capable of drawing your formulas. I tried it, and apart > from > complicated notation it can not draw seven rings, and you need "work > arounds" > for certain bond angles, and there were other things either very > complicated > to code or not at all. There seems to be no big user community of > PPCHTeX and > no development. > > > I may be wrong, but I doubt that PPCHTEX would satisfy your needs. > > It's a complicated notation which is not flexible enough > > Have a look into the PPCHTEeX-manual and see if it covers all your > needs. > > > XymTeX is more powerful, but not supported by ConTeXt > >and still with very complex notation. > > True, and also XyMTeX lacks a lot of possibilities - apart from seven > rings > many bicyclo-compounds are not possible, if I remember right. > Additionally, > it is not possible to colorize bonds and atoms or to make them bold > etc. > (this is possible with PPCHTeX). > > Then there is ochem by Ingo Klöckl, perhaps the most powerful > chemistry > solution in terms of possible compounds - but only for LaTeX, and > again with > a very peculiar notation and a steep learning curve. Colorization of > bonds > only with PostScript-editing. > > Finally there is streetex by Igor Strokov - again for LaTeX, more > powerful in > terms of possible compounds than PPCHTeX or XyMTeX and much easier > (more > intuitive) to use. However, as with XyMTeX it is not possible to > colorize > bonds and atoms or to make them bold etc. > > > I would say that all you need is a better export from Chemdraw > > Recent versions of Cambrigde Soft ChemDraw can produce very nice > output in > various formats. Additionally, ChemDraw has the feature IUPAC name to > > structure - this is very handy, and no TeX-solution has that. > > Yours sincerely > > Tobias Hilbricht > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
