Xref: utzoo comp.text:7396 comp.editors:1947 comp.os.msdos.apps:444 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:2491 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!husc6!encore!houligan!epeterso From: epeterso@houligan.encore.com (Eric Peterson) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.editors,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Word Perfect 5.1 question -- running headers/footers Message-ID: Date: 9 Oct 90 20:23:47 GMT References: <39830@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <1076@duteca.UUCP> <1990Oct9.154215.21515@water.waterloo.edu> Sender: news@Encore.COM Reply-To: epeterson@encore.com (Eric Peterson) Followup-To: comp.text Organization: Encore Computer Corporation, Diagnostic Development Lines: 34 News-Software: NN 6.4.11 nmouawad@water.waterloo.edu (Naji Mouawad) writes: | In article <1076@duteca.UUCP> kooijman@duteca (Richard Kooijman) writes: | >peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: | > | >Or Lotus Manuscript. | >This is a great wordprocessor which has several capabilities, that WP and WfW | >have included only recently. | >Why is it so impopular? | | IMHO, for a simple reason: Tech support and learning curve. WP has an | edge over all the other editors: 800 free line. No matter what | kind of a problem you run into, there is a human person to help | you. Best feature, ever. Definitely. You can't beat toll-free 1-800 support. | Sprint seems to be a great editor. vi probably is, even though it has | a rather unique or peculiar set-up, so is Emacs. The biggest problems | with these editors is their biggest asset: hard learning curve, no | context-sensitive help, and above all, no menu. Fast and dirty. [[ "vi probably is ... a great editor"?! 8-P ]] No menu? Read the subject line again -- WP 5.1 has menu and mouse support included. | Not for every one. Vi is definitely not for everyone. -- Eric Peterson <> epeterson@encore.com <> uunet!encore!epeterson Encore Computer Corp. * Ft. Lauderdale, Florida * (305) 587-2900 x 5208 Why did Constantinople get the works? Gung'f abobql'f ohfvarff ohg gur Ghexf.