[SunRescue] Should an editor require you to think?

[William Staniewicz]

The Plan9 OS includes the text processor "Troff". I have just begun
to experiment with it and like it quite a bit. I am not sure if there is
a Solaris version of it but if there is, I recommend you giving it
a try.

		-Bill
		   Amsterdam, NL


> On 06 Mar 2001 22:15:02 -0800, Chris Byrne wrote:
> > When it comes to writing, the culture in the united states has nearly totally
> > absorbed the concept of typing on a screen as a "natural" thing. Most people
> > in our culture feel comfortable with natural stream of consciousness writing
> > in a word processor.
> 
> None of Vi, Pico, or Emacs are Word Processors the way that term is
> generally used.  They are, in the case of the first two, strictly text
> editors.  The Emacs Operating Environment is not just a text editor, but
> it doesn't have a worthwhile word processor (amateur desktop publishing
> is more acurate).  For editing config files, any of these editors is
> just fine, but for writing things like a resume, or a report for school,
> they're really not the right tool for the job.
> 
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