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From: pkinbg!caxwgk@relay.eu.net (Wolfgang Kuehnel)
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Subject: Re: Recommendations for WYSWYG word processor needed
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From article <598@brchh104.bnr.ca>, by shaulm@TECHUNIX.BITNET (Shaul Markovitch):
> I am new to the SUN's world and need some advice from the net.  I have
> been using Mac for word processing until recently.  Now I have to use the
> SUN, and I don't like the troff/tex approach.
> Are there any WYSWYG word processors for the SUN? if there are, I would be
> glad to hear some recommendations.  I'll be using it mainly for writing
> papers.

Common applications in that field are Framemaker from FRAME Corp. and
Interleave by Interleave.  I use the former, in spite of some problems.
It has very few "compatible" file formats and some really silly approches
to how you format paragraphs.  Sometimes the user interface is a bit
complicated, but what can you expect from a complex tool? It's only black
and white. It has floating licesenses which make it quite easy to install
and manage. It didn't change from 4.0.3 to 4.1.