math "formulae" using libreoffice

[iamatt]

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On Nov 21, 2013 7:01 PM, "Gary Kline" <kline at thought.org> wrote:

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> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 01:11:53AM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:49:59 -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 09:10:10PM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:18:53 -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > > > [it's a nonsense
> > > > >         formula, really.]  ---anybody know how I can put   a square
> > > > >         around the expression?
> > > >
> > > > That could be done with Insert -> Frame (german version: Rahmen).
> > > > Then define the desired border width for the frame and how it
> > > > should flow in the text (anchor at paragraph or as a character;
> > > > flow parallel). Put the formula into the frame.
> > >
> > >
> > >     is this openoffice?   how about libreoffice?  I'll google
> > >     around for "frame"....
> >
> > That's the _german_ version of OpenOffice (the only german
> > version of a software I use, only occassionally). In LibreOffice
> > it should be similar, but I don't know the _english_ name of
> > the thing. It's in the "Insert" menu and allows you to add
> > frames. Those can be placed anywhere in the text and contain
> > text (and also a formula), and they can have borders of
> > variable thickness.
> >
> > >From the list at https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Insert_Menu
> > I think it's actually called "Frame". You can doubleclick on
> > the resulting frame to set its options with a dialog with several
> > tabs; https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Frame has some help
> > about that, it matches what I see in OpenOffice.
> >
> > In many regards, OpenOffice and LibreOffice are "the same", even
> > though LibreOffice is "the new" OpenOffice today. The fact that
> > I'm still using it is that my home installation is already several
> > years old and I never touch a running system. :-)
> >
> >
>
>         I'l ck it out, thankee.  I have been wondering about the diff
>         between openX and libreX {X == "office"} but  guessed that
>         "open" was what the BSD's chose ...
>
>         BTW, yr "Helpful page:" was a win++.  the times that Knuth  drove
>         up  for lectures, we got into a philosophical chat:
>         life/death/disability.  His lecture covered his hacking on curves,
>         IIRC.  "S", "C", "O"::  there's a serious amount of math in
>         those glyph...
> > --
> > Polytropon
> > Magdeburg, Germany
> > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
>
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