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Article #23558Re: Programs - I need ideas...!
From: Mark Hagger
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 10:40
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 10:40
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In the referenced article, richard@op.ph.ic.ac.uk (Richard Syratt ) writes: >In article <H.eg.Jzc7W7uBf8g@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>, mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget) writes: >|> >|> I am in need of ideas for applications to write. What would people like Are there any decent PD floppy disc sector editors out there? Ie something that allows you to page through the data on a disc, hopefully searching for certain information if you want. Dunno, just a thought anyway. [deletions] >(Leaving out dtp and wordprocessors because I can't imagine trying to >write these would be anything but boring). Actually although at first glance this may appear to be true, somewhat surprisingly I found it quite interesting (and instructive) to put together a working word processor, its a good exercise in dynamic memory management, file handling etc etc, plus of course you get to put all those functions that you've always wanted on a word processor but were afraid to ask for. > >(strange cat you've got) I'll second that. Mark
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!warwick!uknet!gdt!mapmh From: mapmh@sunlab1.bath.ac.uk (Mark Hagger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Programs - I need ideas...! Keywords: help Message-ID: <C1IDMr.2FE@sunlab1.bath.ac.uk> Date: 27 Jan 93 10:40:02 GMT References: <H.eg.Jzc7W7uBf8g@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> <1993Jan25.100910.7271@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> Organization: School of Mathematics, University of Bath, UK Lines: 27