From: tozer@esseye.si.com (Jeff Tozer) Subject: Re: A Better WordProcessor Idea Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1993 11:08:48 GMT
In article <1993Jun06.081321.6635@kub.nl>, paai@kub.nl (J.J. Paijmans)
wrote:
>
> About WYSIWIG wordprocessors in Unix/Linux:
> As my main interest in computing is messing with textual data from
> various sources, I feel kind of biased in favour of systems that
> deliver *readable* texts (as opposed to a certain bloated word
> processor that alas! has become the de facto standard).
> (I can pipe LaTeX files through a long line of standard Unix
> utilities, but I wouldn't think of doing the same with WP-files).
>
> Hope this sparks some interest in people who feel they want to
> write such a system.
>
Why not go a step further and leapfrog the Microsofts and WordPerfects and
create a wordprocessor that uses SGML natively with separate style sheets
for visual formatting. Such a system would be a bear to implement, but
would be extremely powerful.
Jeff Tozer | Smiths Industries
tozer@esseye.si.com | Grand Rapids, Michigan