Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!maccs!ns
From: ns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Nick Solntseff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: BASIS Feedback
Message-ID: <26E3CD77.25897@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 4 Sep 90 15:51:19 GMT
References: <1668.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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In article <1668.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us> ForthNet@willett.pgh.pa.us (ForthNet articles from GEnie) writes:
>Category 18,  Topic 54
>Message 103       Fri Aug 31, 1990
>D.RUFFER [Dennis]            at 23:25 EDT
> 
>Re: ns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Nick Solntseff)
>
> > Whatever the format that is finally chosen, PLEASE BREAK THE
> > DOCUMENT INTO MANAGEABLE SECTIONS.  Use chapters and includes
> > with MS WORD [TM] or similar ploys to make document management
> > possible on a computer without extra memory beyond 640 K
> > conventional memory!
>
>Nick, were you the one who complained about not being able to load it into
>Word for Windows?  My update is in the mail, so I will be able to confirm it
>as soon as it arrives.  I am surprised to hear that Word has those kind of
>problems.  I'm pretty sure the DOS version does not, but I will check that out
>also.  Obviously, we will have to do something about it if the problem exists,
>but I just need to confirm it before agreeing to anything.
>
>I'll get back to you on it.   DaR
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The problem is that MS Word5 TM (not MS Word for Windows TM which I have not
tried) insists on storing a backup copy whenever ANY change is made to a
document -- even attaching a styler sheet.  So a 650 K document needs at least
1.3 MB of disk space which makes repagination, etc., extremely slow unless one
uses RAM DISK to contain the document.

I see that I have not stated the problem clearly enough in  my original
posting.  Please accept my apologies.

Nick Solntseff