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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 4 Nov 90 19:17:30 GMT
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In article <1990Nov4.161502.5342@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> khcg0492@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kenneth Holden Chang) writes:

   b) On the other hand, if you're primarily going to use commercial software,
   the Mac still has the advantage. Next users like to say, yes, this or that type
   of software is available, but at present there's only one program available.
   It's also first-release software so the features/interface haven't had a
   chance to mature yet. For example, look at word processors. On the Next,
   there's WriteNow. (Assuming it's similar to the Mac version), it's a very
   nice, easy-to-learn program, but it's not feature-laden like Word or Nisus,
   so if you need to produce a table or contents or an outline or some complex
   layouts, you can't do it in WriteNow. You can, of course, do such in TeX or
   FrameMaker, but those programs have a considerably steeper learning curve.

   Question for Next users: Is there an equivalent of Expressionist which allows
   one to produce equations graphically and then paste them into WriteNow?


A company called Word Perfect has ported their word processor to the
NeXT.  I think the gap has been filled.

  WriteNow -> Word Perfect -> FrameMaker | (Quark Express?? 3.0)

-Mike


BTW.  A new release of WP for the Mac is on the way.  And like the
NeXT port, WP is suppose to have a real user interface.