Aucbvax.5519
net.general,net.unix-wizards
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!caren@berkeley
Mon Dec 21 12:03:09 1981
Interactive Text Formatter
I am looking for a more interactive text/formatter than
vi/nroff, so that for example, lines are filled on the screen as
you type them, as is done with stand-alone word processors.
Perhaps a user interactively develops a page of text on the
screen as he/she wants it to appear and then makes pretty much an
exact copy on paper. This is limited a little by stupid termi-
nals -- wrong aspect ratio (not 8.5 x 11), lack of overstrike or
bold, etc. Are there ways around these limitations which
preserve a much more interacive quality than nroff has? In many
applications we need a simpler, easier to learn, formatter with
less power than vi/troff. Please respond directly to me,
caren@berkeley.
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