Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!clyde.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!bright From: bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Bob Bright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari word processors Keywords: wordprocessor, wp, 1st word Message-ID: <1990Oct18.145323.8151@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: 18 Oct 90 14:53:23 GMT References: <1990Oct18.013304.8034@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Lines: 29 In article <1990Oct18.013304.8034@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> jahromib@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Babak Jahromi) writes: > >Why on earth isn't there a wordprocessing package for the ST with at least the >sophistication of wp 4.2 for the ibm?? Doesn't ANY company feel there's money >to be made writing a decent word processor instead of the crap out there >already (1st word, wordwriter, and others that don't even know what the concept >of a tab is and have the worst printer support possible, even 1st word..) >What wouldn't I do for a st version of wp (please, with NO windows, NO gem, >just nice, fast text mode)! But I guess this is a pipe dream... Um, you do know that there is an ST version of WordPerfect, don't you? The ST version is actually numbered 4.1, but it's functionally closer to msdos version 4.2 than 4.1, and can easily import files from the msdos 4.2 version. Yes, it's a GEM application, but screen updates, searches, etc. are every bit as fast or faster that the msdos version running on an XT, since the initial port was actually a complete rewrite in 68000 assembler. And all commands are accessible from the keyboard, so you never have to reach for the mouse. (And of course, it supports every printer that was ever made.) BTW, WP Corp. was planning a new release of the ST version sometime this year; does anyone know if it's out yet? BBB -- Bob Bright Dept. of Philosophy University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Man R3T 2N2 (204) 474-9680