From: schaefer@imag.imag.fr (Arno Schaefer) Subject: Re: A Better WordProcessor Idea Date: Fri, 21 May 1993 23:28:21 GMT
In article <1thon5$4rt@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, crd6@po.CWRU.Edu (Chad R. Dougherty) 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.
|> >
|> >> - Yonik Seeley
|> >> yseeley@cs.stanford.edu
|> >
|>
|> Yes, my ideal word processor would look almost exactly like Word
|> for Windows 2.0. From my experience, it is the most liked and used of the
|> top three (WP4Win, AMIpro, W4W). I'd be willing to help out on this
|> project as long as I was given a clear "assignment" for the overall job.
|> --
Hey guys, not so fast. WW2.0 is *megabytes* of code. I would be very content
if I had a usable Word Processor that at all resembles Word 5.0 or Word
Perfect (or even some usable Emacs Macros). It's no use trying to reach the
stars if you did not even climb a stool.
Cheers,
Arno
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