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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!usc!newshub.cts.com!dmcook From: dmcook@mozart.cts.com (David M. Cook) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: A suggestion to Linux/Bsd Developers Date: 10 Feb 1997 00:23:46 GMT Organization: CTS Network Services Lines: 21 Message-ID: <slrn5fsqhn.58l.dmcook@mozart.cts.com> References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <5dh0o6$ji9$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> Reply-To: dmcook@cts.com NNTP-Posting-Host: psm157169.cts.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157237 comp.os.linux.networking:67830 comp.os.linux.setup:96333 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5958 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2419 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52363 comp.os.os2.advocacy:266800 On 8 Feb 1997 04:51:18 GMT, V.S. Senthilkumar <vss@shell2.ba.best.com> wrote: >From the previous thread in this newsgroup it is getting clear that, >unix is lacking a "cheap real word processor". (like MS Word) Your impression is incorrect. >But i think that, the time spent writing a Motif free word >processor is time really worth spent. There are already several free WP projects. I would rather that they not use Motif, but Star Write is one such WP that is in its 3rd beta already. >(please don't give emacs+groff as a solution) Ok. How bout vi+groff. Worked well for me last time I tried it. That was 10 years ago, though! Dave Cook