curzon@kaoa01.dec.com (Richard Curzon KAO4-3/7A DTN 621-2196) (08/13/87)
re: PD wordprocessors for Atari:
Textpro is another PD wordprocessor based on the Speedscript
program someone already mentionned. Textpro has some features
that no other Atari text processor has. I am not intimately
familiar with it yet, but it has a keyboard macro feature,
so that strings of keystrokes INCLUDING EDITOR COMMANDS can be
assigned to single keys. That can be a very powerful feature.
There is a version that allows room for modem handlers
so it can be run while a modem is active. And it features
an exit to DOS for users of command line DOS's.
Speedscript itself has a good point that should be
mentionned: it has a uniquely legible text, using the
special Antic mode 6 (I think), with an exceptionally
clear character set. It is the easiest on the eyes of all
Atari 8bit word processors in my opinion -- not bad at
all, for limited word processor use.
Dick Curzon
Digital Equipment of Canada
PO Box 13000
Kanata Ontario K2K 2A6
Canada.
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