Forgive me if this is slightly off-topic, but please read on. The number of scientific apps written for the mac has decreased and I find the fact that Matlab isn't going to be forw…

Hi again persquare, I'm planning (once my OS X disk gets here) to immediately try to get xmgr or xmgrace up and running since I use that almost exclusively for my science and journ…

Seems we're the only scientist around, stardoc ;-) Anyhow, I'm working on porting Octave and once that its working (almost there...) I'll probably look into gnuplot (rumored to ru…

Quote: Originally posted by persquare: An idea for the future is to have some kind of Aqua front end to a collection of CLI-apps, cf TexShop & teTeX. Yes. What …

Not too many science people here, huh? (HEY MODERATORS! Could you post a note to the main web page calling attention to this thread?) Yes, teTeX is important! (tho a CLI is fine…

Quote: Originally posted by stardoc: I will eventually want python under OS X. For now I have a copy which runs fine under 9.0.4, so I assume it would run as a classic …

Quote: Originally posted by crazyjohnson: Yes. What about Textures, there is an X-Windows version of it out - how about porting it to OS X? As far as I know, Text…

I am not a scientist per se, but I _am_ interested in computational science, and mathematical visualization. So anyway, I have started to look at OpenDX (it used to be an IBM produ…

A nice GUI app for DocBook editing would be nice. It seems nicer than LaTeX for computer docs. Andrew

Thanks Marshal for the python info. Re RPM, yes, I was refering to the Redhat Package Manager--which BTW runs on many Unix platforms. My thought was that perhaps a source-code on…

Hi Marshall & stardoc, Linux Journal (Aug. 2000) had an article about a Java Class to manage RPM content. The source is available at: http://jymengant.ifrance.com/jymenga...wsp…

Here is another scientist. teTeX works just fine on OS X. I've been using is already for a while. I also desperately need FORTRAN. I tried to build g77 and f2c, with no luck. …

Quote: I also desperately need FORTRAN. I tried to build g77 and f2c, with no luck. Any success story? I was sent this script http://itsmac32.its.hk-r.se/bui…

Quote: Originally posted by persquare: As far as I know, Textures is proprietary sw. Several other (free) versions of tex/latex.packages exist, e.g. teTeX which is avai…

Ouch. I finally installed OS X and feel like I've been bombed into the stone age. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but the experience is nothing like either unix or mac. Well an…

Quote: Originally posted by stardoc: As an aside, can anyone tell me how to boot back into OS 9.0.4 (and thence back into X)? I installed OS X onto the same partition a…

Quote: Originally posted by stardoc: As an aside, can anyone tell me how to boot back into OS 9.0.4 (and thence back into X)? I installed OS X onto the same partition a…

[ Sorry, this is off thread.] I tried to use the system prefs but that didn't work. Eventually I booted with my 9.0 CD and dragged the OS X files into another folder, and renamed…

I am interested in scientific applications, libraries ... I tried to compile atlas (www.netlib.org/atlas). But that didn't work. Did anybody try ? Or maybe with other C standard s…

Textures is currently a Mac only application put out by Blue Sky. Nice version of TeX/LaTeX actually but the company will not be moving their stuff to OSX until they get their wind…

Quote: Originally posted by Nico: I am interested in scientific applications, libraries ... I tried to compile atlas (www.netlib.org/atlas). But that didn't work. Did a…

I wrote in on the main page to bitch about MathWorks not developing for the Mac anymore, but I was taken a little out of context [that's how news works...] Anyway, if you haven't …

I think I remember someone telling me that Blue Sky had a Linux version out as well. How does TexShop compare at all to Textures. I use Texture alot and think that it is the best. …

I am a managing web developer responsible for Math-related sites for a large publishing company. I would urge Apple to work VERY closely with IBM's TechExplorer group in making sur…

I want to write an application which stores records in a simple database. I have used "B-tree helper" in the past (for Mac OS). I want to store records in multiple B-trees. I …