Re: console based word processors

2002-05-11 Thread dman
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 10:37:16PM -0500, Bryan K. Walton wrote: | Does anyone have any recommendations for a good linux console based word | processor? LaTeX troff For less sophisticated output management StructuredText DocBook | What I am looking for is a consoled based word processor | simi

Re: console based word processors

2002-05-11 Thread Paul Scott
Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 11:21:03PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote: [emacs|vi|pico|some-bigots-fav-text-editor] + groff + the ms macro package is a pretty good replacement for Wordstar with it's dot commands. Actually, that's wrong: it's WAY better than Wordstar, and I actually

Re: console based word processors

2002-05-11 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 10:01:18AM -0500, Dan Griswold wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes (quoting Richard Stevens): > > The last line of a right hand page should not end with a hyphen. This > > has been a style rule for many years, yet it is amazing that most word > > processor

Re: console based word processors

2002-05-11 Thread Dan Griswold
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes (quoting Richard Stevens): > The last line of a right hand page should not end with a hyphen. This > has been a style rule for many years, yet it is amazing that most word > processors do not do this! I just smile when I pick up a book produced > wit

Re: console based word processors

2002-05-11 Thread David Smead
Use any old text editor and run it through LaTeX. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Fri, 10 May 2002, Bryan K. Walton wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations for a good linux console based word > processor? What I am looking for is a consoled based word processor >

Re: console based word processors

2002-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 11:21:03PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > [emacs|vi|pico|some-bigots-fav-text-editor] + groff + the ms macro > package is a pretty good replacement for Wordstar with it's dot > commands. Actually, that's wrong: it's WAY better than Wordstar, and I > actually think it's bette

Re: console based word processors

2002-05-10 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Bryan" == Bryan K Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bryan> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good linux Bryan> console based word processor? What I am looking for is a Bryan> consoled based word processor similar to something like Bryan> Wordstar or the early versio

console based word processors

2002-05-10 Thread Bryan K. Walton
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good linux console based word processor? What I am looking for is a consoled based word processor similar to something like Wordstar or the early versions of MS Word or and WordPerfect. I need a program that supports underlining text, tabbing, bold text,