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From: jeffw@indirect.com (Jeffrey Wheelhouse)
Subject: Re: A simple GENERIC word processor
Message-ID: <1993Jul9.094115.17214@indirect.com>
Organization: Internet Direct Inc. -- (602) 274-0100
References: <genieC9qICp.MDA@netcom.com> <1993Jul6.202646.1155@cylink.COM>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 09:41:15 GMT
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In article <1993Jul6.202646.1155@cylink.COM> tedh@cylink.COM (Ted Hadley) writes:
>In article <genieC9qICp.MDA@netcom.com> genie@netcom.com (Gene Choi) writes:
>>
>>I'm looking for a very generic simple ASCII word processor
>
>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.

Pardon me, but he did _say_ "simple."  :-)

I'm still waiting for the WYSIWYG graphical mind-meld of emacs and LaTeX.
"And wouldn't it be great if they brought beer...."

Disclaimer: Lucid Emacs is too cool for words, but I did not use it to edit
this reply.

-- 
============ Jeffrey D. Wheelhouse =========== jeffw@indirect.com ============
    "Set your mind on what you want and you can go higher.  Put detailed 
thought into every desire.  Believe in yourself, you know what you'll find,
there is no con in a trouble free mind... One of a kind!" - The Shamen