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From: tedh@cylink.COM (Ted Hadley)
Subject: Re: A simple GENERIC word processor
Message-ID: <1993Jul6.202646.1155@cylink.COM>
Organization: Cylink Corp.
References: <genieC9qICp.MDA@netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 93 20:26:46 GMT
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In article <genieC9qICp.MDA@netcom.com> genie@netcom.com (Gene Choi) writes:
>
>Hi there,
>
>I'm looking for a very generic simple ASCII word processor
>for any platform that provides full sources (i.e. isn't
>a commercial product) that can actually produce output
>in postscript format.  Sure, there's latex (and all its
>.....
>DOS, MAC, PC machines, but I find such a product missing on
>most unix machines unless under X11 (and even then, not very
>common), or under commercial unix products (at a very hefty hefty
>price).  What I'm looking for is running the word processor
>under any terminal or via modem.

Get GNU Emacs from the Free Software Foundation. Sold for the cost of
distribution media only (and free from a friend). No license fees and the
source is actually commented! We use it on our Suns -- in fact this is reply
was edited with emacs.
-- 
Ted A. Hadley  tedh@cylink.COM         "Credo qvia absvrdvm est" -- Tertullian
Cylink Corporation, 310 N. Mary Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086  USA    408-735-5847
All opinions expressed are my own, and probably not liked by my employer.