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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Is there any wordprocessor in unix
Message-ID: <10536@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 15 Jul 89 13:06:29 GMT
References: <4856@macom1.UUCP> <248@arnor.UUCP> <1044@kuling.UUCP> <8161@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <330@umabco.UUCP> <1111@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1111@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> gaggy@jolnet.UUCP (Gregory Gulik) writes:
>	But, let's say you would like to do something not very common,
>	would you prefer to dig through your thick UNIX manuals,
>	or traverse a couple menus to find what you want?

More than likely, you'd traverse your WP menus and discover that the
menu designer had never anticipated your need; at least, that's a common
failing of these "user-friendly" interfaces.  [tn]roff's programming
language is horrible, but at least it IS programmable.