[comp.sys.apollo] wanted: grammar checker like AT&T's Writer's Workbench...

shull@SCROLLS.WHARTON.UPENN.EDU (Christopher E. Shull) (04/12/89)

     Wanted: Grammar checker like AT&T's Writer's Workbench.

Hello out there in Apollo land!

Does anyone have something like (or unlike) AT&T's Writer's Workbench
running on Apollos?  One of our professor's dearly wants to improve the
quality of the drafts he receives from his graduate students, especially
with respect to grammar, but even spelling would help.  (Sorry, AEGIS
fserr does not count!)  I know there are myriad products that could be
run on the DOS Coprocessor or Emulator, but "native" AEGIS or DOMAIN/IX
mode would be much preferred.

Most of the writing is being done in TeX, so Interleaf is not really
appropriate, because TeX needs simple ASCII.  Also, because TeX commands
are pervasive in the documents, the checkers should be extensible /
customizable, so commands either be added to the dictionary or ignored
altogether.

Thanks in advance for all your help.  Please mail responses to me and I
will summarize to the net.

-Chris

Christopher E. Shull              
Decision Sciences Department                                             
The Wharton School                      shull@wharton.upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania              shull@scrolls.wharton.upenn.edu
Philadelphia, PA  19104-6366            215/898-5930
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