cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) (01/12/85)
References: Sender: Reply-To: cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) Followup-To: Distribution: net Organization: Calma Company, San Diego Keywords: word processing What's the best word processing program out there for the Apple II+? (I realize this is extremely subjective. What I'm really looking for is reviews. --- Thanks) Cheryl Nemeth
larry@txsil.UUCP (01/15/85)
Pie Writer < Hayden Software I certainly don't have time to write a software review, but Pie Writer is a very functional text editor and formatter. Pie Writer's roots go back to QED (forerunner to vi (?)). For an Apple ][ WP program, it has an abundance of commands for manipulating text. The text formatting commands have to be imbedded in the document. They take the form of nroff dot commands, and most of them are identical or very similar to corresponding nroff commands. Very robust, fast, nice user interface. Especially friendly to vi and nroff users. $150. Larry Versaw, SIL Dallas
bob@zeppo.UUCP (01/17/85)
I echo the vote for PIE. It supports dot matrix printers exceptionally well. If you have CPM, WORDSTAR is excellent also but it doesn't support all the bells and whistles on dot matrix printers as easily.
dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) (01/18/85)
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> I echo the vote for PIE.
Curious name for a word processor, and maybe intentionally so. "Pie" or
"pi" is an old printer's term for scrambled type...
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