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.
-- Ted A. Hadley tedh@cylink.COM "Credo qvia absvrdvm est" -- Tertullian Cylink Corporation, 310 N. Mary Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA 408-735-5847 All opinions expressed are my own, and probably not liked by my employer.