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From: cortesi@infmx.UUCP (David Cortesi)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: writer's tool software for unix
Keywords: tools writer workbench
Message-ID: <2385@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 19 Sep 89 17:36:22 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Informix Software Inc., Menlo Park, CA.
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Recently I asked for input on writer's tools for Unix.  Several people
wrote to ask for summaries of the results.  I sent them, but mailers
bounced several, so here is an extremely terse summary of the state of
tools for writers on Unix:

	AT&T Writer's Workbench.

There seem to be no other style checkers and no thesaurii.  Marae Groupware
(313/995-1700) has a multi-user reviewing tool, not yet ported to Sun.

If you did not write to me directly, hit "n" now to avoid boredom!

///////   /     David Cortesi               {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!cortesi
//////   //                              ///////////////////////////////////
////  / ///     Informix Software        //                               // 
///  / ////     4100 Bohannon Drive      //      (aphorism goes here)     //
//  / /////     Menlo Park, CA  94025    //                               //
/  ////////     (415) 926-6300           ///////////////////////////////////

The following three people might be interested to know that their
mail addresses failed with the following error messages:

>  To: infmx!pyramid!decwrl!ucbvax!ucivax!david

>  554 ucbvax!ucivax!david... 550 Host unknown (Authoritative answer from name server)

(This is a wonderful error message; the first time a computer has claimed
to give me an "authoritative" answer!)

> To: infmx!pyramid!decwrl!att!jonlab!jon

> Mail to `jonlab!jon' from `decwrl!pyramid!infmx!ape!cortesi' failed on att-mt.
> The command `set -e; echo uucp!`path jonlab decwrl!pyramid!infmx!ape!cortesi`!jon' returned error status 5000.
> The error message was:
> Forwarding through this system (att) is no longer allowed.

(Your signature also showed princeton and bcr and I suppose I really
should try them too before giving up on you... but I don't have the time.)

> To: infmx!pyramid!decwrl!husc6!m2c!wpi!markc

> bad system name: husc6
> uux failed. code 68
> 554 husc6!m2c!wpi!markc... 550 Host unknown (Authoritative answer from name server)