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Article #23493Word Processor Question (Wierd, Sorry)
From: Mike James Church
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:19
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:19
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This is kinda wierd, but - here I go.
There is a program on IBM PC's called pfs: Professional Write.
Nothing special, but for one attribute: It has a "drawing mode" where
the ASCII Line Drawing Character Set is "painted" onto the screen with
the cursor. You just choose the line style (Single or Double) and it
places the appropriate characters on the screen. This is great for
tables.
What makes this unusual is that I am WELL AWARE that there are better
ways to do tables and graphics that the 1979 (?) IBM line drawing
standard. However, my father switches regularly between his PC at
work and his Atari at home, and this method ACTUALLY WORKS FOR HIM!!!
He doesn't want nor need anything else. So what do I want?
Is there a program like this for the ST? He'd like to be able to
"paint" at home as well. Just a simple ASCII text editor that has
a similar mode.
Flames are not supported, nor appreciated. He can't afford a laser
printer, and I'm just being kind.
The ever unselfless,
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church@sfu.ca
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!newsserver.sfu.ca!sfu.ca!church From: church@fraser.sfu.ca (Mike James Church) Subject: Word Processor Question (Wierd, Sorry) Message-ID: <church.728187599@sfu.ca> Sender: news@sfu.ca Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:19:59 GMT Lines: 31