[Scribus] Using TeX typesetting in Scribus

[avox]

John R. Culleton wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 02 May 2007 06:27, avox wrote:
>> Jonathan Fine-2 wrote:
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > I am the manager of the MathTran project:
>> >     http://www.mathtran.org
>> >
>> > MathTran now provides TeX typesetting as a web service.
>> >
>> > A friend pointed out to me your summer of code proposal:
>> >     http://code.google.com/soc/scribus/about.html
>> >
>> > I think we should talk about this.  It should already be possible
>> > for Scribus to use MathTran, although perhaps not with ideal
>> > results. You might want to look at my EuroTeX 2005 paper:
>> >     http://www.pytex.org/doc/index.html#eurotex2005
>>
>> I don't think we want math formulas in Scribus as a Webservice, but
>> your TeX-as-callable-function approach looks interesting. Do you
>> still recommend dvichop or could we use dvipng directly?
>>
>> The technique to produce bitmap formulas from LaTeX is quite
>> standard since preview.sty came up (see Emacs-preview, LyX,
>> others). Our goals are * achieve a smooth integration with Scribus
>> * leave formulas editable
>> * convert to outlines for PS/PDF export
>> * allow selection of math fonts from Scribus
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> /Andreas
> 
> IMO Scribus/TeX integration should not be limited to the traditional 
> LaTeX variant. I find either plain pdftex or Context variant more 
> flexible and less verbose. Of course if either dvi format or pdf 
> format is used as the common format between TeX and Scribus the 
> nature of the TeX variant may become irrelevant. 
> 

For math formulas only font selection and the AMS extensions seem relevant.

How does that work with ConTeX?

/Andreas
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