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From: peter@scitec.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Dobcsanyi)
Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.text,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: WYSIWYG word processor for Unix
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Date: 21 Mar 1996 00:24:20 GMT
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Peter Dobcsanyi (peter@scitec.auckland.ac.nz) wrote:
: I am looking for _free_ WYSIWIG _word processors_ which can run under
: Unix in an X-window environment.
I should have also said _simple_.
Anyway the only thing I have found so far is the 'Andrew User Interface
System', in particular its 'ez' editor.
The system includes a:
word processor
program editor
mail/netnews reader/writer/manager
drawing and image viewers/editors
spreadsheet
HTML editor
application development tools
At first look it seems to be a _huge_, impressive and complicated
system. I cannot make any comment on it yet but I going to try it.
(look at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/Web/People/AUIS/ )
Somebody suggested (La)TeX. Actually we have (and use) an extensive
(La)TeX environment. But we also would like to have a simple WYSIWIG
word processor, because for some small jobs (like printing a door-label)
TeX and likes are simply overkill and difficult to use for most of the
people.
So I am still waiting for the real thing.
Thank all who answered so far
--
,
Peter Dobcsanyi