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Re: Evaluation of Shareware Word Processors - Version 5

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From: Wolf N. Paul
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1988 00:30
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In article <6541@dhw68k.cts.com> mike@dhw68k.cts.com (Michael J. Cleary) writes:
 >
 >              Evaluation of Shareware Word Processors - Version 5
 >                                 (ESWP05.DOC)
 >                                 April 2, 1988
 > ...
 >                      -------->    B L O C K    <--------
 >    Function                        | GAL | MR  | NYW | PCT | PCW | WM  |
 >    --------------------------------------------------------------------|
 > ...
 >    --------------------------------------------------------------------|
 >    Print                           | No  | Yes | No  | No  | No  | No  |
 >    --------------------------------------------------------------------|
 > ...
 >    --------------------------------------------------------------------|
 >    Write to disk                   | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
 >    --------------------------------------------------------------------|

How do these programs write a block to disk? Do they write to an 
unchangeable default filename, or can you specify the file name?

If you can specify the filename, then you can PRINT a block, by
simply specifying "PRN" or "LPT1" or "COM1", wherever your printer is
attached.
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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
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Subject: Re: Evaluation of Shareware Word Processors - Version 5
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Date: 12 Apr 88 00:30:46 GMT
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