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From: harvey@dtrc.arpa (Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: World's best word processor
Message-ID: <517@dtix.ARPA>
Date: 25 Jun 89 17:26:49 GMT
References: <505@dtix.ARPA> <1494@naucse.UUCP>
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Reply-To: harvey@dtrc.UUCP (Betty Harvey - Code: 1893.5)
Organization: David Taylor Research Center, Carderock, MD
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In article <1494@naucse.UUCP> wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson) writes:
>What do you actually mean here?  Extra spaces in the file?  Or do you
>mean on the screen or in the printout?  How would you store the document
>changes in the file?  Do you prefer magic?  If all you want is an ASCII
>editor than why not use Brief or even Edlin?  Make some sense!
> 
Actually they were tabs embedded into the files.  On the screen everything
lined up perfectly, but when the file went to the printer the margins
were not lined up as they were on the screen.  The solution was simple,
delete the tab and use spaces, however, it is not a simple solution for
a novice computer user who is trying to get a document printed inside a
deadline.  Talk about making sense, although Edlin can be considered
an editor, no one in their right mind would recommend it as a program
for use.  Line editing turns back 15 years of advancement.  

Betty Harvey <harvey@dtrc.arpa>
Microcomputer Support Group
David Taylor Research Center