erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend) (04/19/88)
Once again, a 3b1 owner looks for a real wordprocessor. Right off the bat, if somebody has a compiled a list of available processors, reviews, ratings and data for them, go ahead and email it to me. Ok. I want a word processor that does basic stuff really well. I work with both Microsoft Word and MacWrite at school and think they're both just dandy. I'd like to have 1/10th of either one for the 3b1. What I want: 1. WYSIWYG, or really close; 2. Easily defined formats and easily edited text. I love vi, and would use it, except that it doesn't format text on the fly, and doesn't reformat that well at all; 3. A customizable spell-checker. I *still* can't get my version of smart to let me have custom dictionaries. Am I ignorant, or does this just not work at all? :-( ; 4. Mouse compatible, uv coors; 5. Reasonable price. I got suckered into this copy of Smart. Although it cost virtually nothing, I still feel like I got ripped off big-time. (Rule #2342: Never buy anything from your employer, even if it is cheap. Rule #2342a: Don't even consider buying things they paid a big $$$ for and decided to sell to you real cheap. :-) Oh well. Email me here, and I'll summize to the net. -- "I wanna hang around at Rice... I wanna meet Ms. Nuclear Physicist... I like girls with glasses... I like girls with spectacles" -- The Dishes J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007