From: Ted Hadley (tedh@cylink.COM)
Date: 07/06/93


From: tedh@cylink.COM (Ted Hadley)
Subject: Re: A simple GENERIC word processor
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1993 20:26:46 GMT

In article <genieC9qICp.MDA@netcom.com> genie@netcom.com (Gene Choi) writes:
>
>Hi there,
>
>I'm looking for a very generic simple ASCII word processor
>for any platform that provides full sources (i.e. isn't
>a commercial product) that can actually produce output
>in postscript format. Sure, there's latex (and all its
>.....
>DOS, MAC, PC machines, but I find such a product missing on
>most unix machines unless under X11 (and even then, not very
>common), or under commercial unix products (at a very hefty hefty
>price). What I'm looking for is running the word processor
>under any terminal or via modem.

Get GNU Emacs from the Free Software Foundation. Sold for the cost of
distribution media only (and free from a friend). No license fees and the
source is actually commented! We use it on our Suns -- in fact this is reply
was edited with emacs.

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