From: jburch@NCoast.ORG (Jon Burchmore) Subject: Re: A Better WordProcessor Idea Date: Fri, 21 May 1993 22:12:10 GMT
In article <C7CLu4.3v1@hub.cs.jmu.edu> OPER_ALEX@JMUVAX (ALEX W WADDELL) writes:
>> WP for DOS is the defacto standard only if you restrict yourself to
>> a DOS environment. I tried Word for Windows and WP5.1 was promptly
>> removed from my HD. I hear that WP for Windows and Lotus Ami Pro, among
>> others, are all very good. This is what my ideal word processor for
>> Linux would look like.
>>
>> Something like what you describe (WP5.1) would also be very
>> useful and have it's place. Something like this would probably be much
>> more suited to using vgalib and would not require a full X install, and
>> it could be used on almost any terminal that supported rudimentary
>> cursor positioning (without preview function of course).
>>
>> - Yonik Seeley
>> yseeley@cs.stanford.edu
>
>I agree that Word for Windows, and other WYSIWYG word smithers are top notch.
>But I also think that the main reason for using UNIX (for me, at least) is
>its terrific networking aspects.
>
>I'd like to see something like a WP 5.1 for VMS clone. It does support
>previews, but not like DOS (char based)... and we could add VGA support
>for the consoles. With such a system, I could do my work from anywhere in
>the world.
>
>Thanks,
>Alex W. Waddell
>James Madison University
>Harrisonburg, VA
Why shoot yourself in the foot and clone a useless wordprocessor
like Wordperfect? Why not Professional Write. PW is much easier to use,
faster, and it'll load Wordperfect documents.
-Jon
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