Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!netcom!dlb!zygot!denwa!icjapan!jimmy From: jimmy@icjapan.uucp (Jim Gottlieb) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general Subject: Re: Is there word processing software for UNIX PC ?? Summary: It's possible, but... Keywords: Using Smart WP for mail editing Message-ID: <336@icjapan.uucp> Date: 13 Nov 89 04:37:51 GMT References: <2200@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> <1605@novavax.UUCP> Reply-To: denwa!jimmy@anes.ucla.edu (Jim Gottlieb) Distribution: na Organization: Info Connections, Tokyo, Japan Lines: 50 In article <1605@novavax.UUCP> rwright@novavax.UUCP (Ronald K. Wright) writes: > >There is SMART which is apparently written by Innovative Software of >Lenexa, Kansas. It is a great package, currently up to revision 3.10 It's the one product for our lowly machine that AT&T actually supports in the way of new software. I was more than shocked when the offer came through for a FREE upgrade to 3.1. >Also, it cannot be the word processor for electronic mail, at least I >have never figured out how to make it work as it will not take a file >name. Well, it can but you probably don't want it to. First of all, it won't take file names that begin with a '.' like mailx and mush use, so you have to modify mush (most of us don't have the source to mailx) to use a slightly different prefix on temp file names. And to start Smart with a file name, you must do something like smartwp -aload filename This I also accomplished in mush. But then there is the problem that you can not turn on word-wrap in ASCII mode so you must remember to hit return at the end of each line. And the fact that when Smart exits, it leaves you with a full-screen, but bordered, window. So, it _is_ possible, but unless someone only knows Smart, it is better to use a real text editor for mail. >It appears to have beeen written to UNIX from DOS. Most definitely! >Call Smart in Lenexa, Ks they will give you the name of someone to It is sold only through AT&T and its dealers. For a while the whole package was selling for $250. I believe it's now about $650. By the way, I saw the DOS version (normally $695) for only $80 at an Egghead Surplus Store, so I grabbed a few for my poor DOS-using friends. I can't resist a deal like that. There is now a newer version for DOS, but after registration of the $80 version, they allow you to upgrade for just a few dollars more. -- Jim Gottlieb Info Connections, Tokyo, Japan _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ or or Fax: (011)+81-3-239-7453 Voice Mail: (011)+81-3-944-6221 ID#82-42-424