Re: WYSIWYG flamage (was Re: what is a word processor and is it any good)

Article View: comp.text

Article #421

#421

From: Chris Lewis
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1989 21:09

32 lines
1559 bytes

In article <9091@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
>In article <1989Jul26.184314.22495@eci386.uucp> clewis@eci386.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes:

>Umm, how about using the included WP to DCA conversion, then looking for
>a DCA to whatever conversion on the mainframe side?   

DCA to SCRIPT?  argh!

>But seriously,

Me too.

>where are you going to be that you can't find a PC these days, 

At home.  In our office on the PC that doesn't have WP....

>If this is a real problem, just get a 10 lb. laptop and carry the whole
>machine (try that with your mainframe!).

I'll go blind trying to read the screen...  (actually, I'd rather run
UNIX and vi/troff on the laptop)

>Yes, I thought so, you are talking about WP 4.2 or earlier.  Well times
>have changed.  

Exactly.  Now all we need is WP 5.0 ported to UNIX.

(Too bad UNIX WP is such a pig.)
-- 
Chris Lewis, R.H. Lathwell & Associates: Elegant Communications Inc.
UUCP: {uunet!mnetor, utcsri!utzoo}!lsuc!eci386!clewis
Phone: (416)-595-5425

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1989Jul28.210927.23317@eci386.uucp>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!lsuc!eci386!clewis

References: <20306@adm.BRL.MIL> <26558@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <9053@chinet.chi.il.us> <9091@chinet.chi.il.us>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!lsuc!eci386!clewis
From: clewis@eci386.uucp (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: WYSIWYG flamage (was Re: what is a word processor and is it any good)
Message-ID: <1989Jul28.210927.23317@eci386.uucp>
Date: 28 Jul 89 21:09:27 GMT
References: <20306@adm.BRL.MIL> <26558@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <9053@chinet.chi.il.us> <9091@chinet.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: clewis@eci386.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Organization: R. H. Lathwell Associates: Elegant Communications, Inc.
Lines: 33

Reply to Parent Message