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Article #27213Re: Claris MacWrite 5.0
From: Peter Merchant
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1988 14:45
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1988 14:45
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In article <576911329.0.LIPA@Polya.Stanford.EDU>, William J. Lipa writes: > MacWrite still can die with a system error when you move the insertion > point with the left and right arrows and then select undo. > > MacWrite is more than twice as large even without the dictionary files. I > can't believe the code for the spell checker is 100K, and I can't see any > other major enhancements. Claris was at the New York Mac Users' Group meeting a couple of weeks ago and showed off MacWrite 5.0. Their comment about it was that the code was so complex that they didn't want to mess with it too much, for fear of introducing lots of new bugs. They said that there are plans for a complete rewrite, but don't hold your breath. They also showed off MacDraw II. Pant. Drool. --- "Save it 'til the morning after..." Peter Merchant (merchant@eleazar.UUCP)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!decvax!dartvax!eleazar!merchant From: merchant@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Peter Merchant) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Claris MacWrite 5.0 Message-ID: <8669@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 14 Apr 88 14:45:59 GMT References: <576911329.0.LIPA@Polya.Stanford.EDU> Organization: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY Lines: 16