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From: goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz)
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Subject: Re: Looking for a multi-lingual word processor
Keywords: word processor, languages
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Date: 5 Jan 91 03:24:27 GMT
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In article <2273@esunix.UUCP> krogers@esunix.UUCP (Keith Rogers) writes:
>
>Do any of you use a multi-lingual word processor?  I'm aware of two
>products: Note Bene and Multi-Lingual Scholar.  By multi-lingual I mean
>languages with non-latin based alphabets; Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic,
>Sanskrit, etc.  I would appreciate any comments from users and friends
>of users about either of the above (or other) programs.

I'll second that query.

And no, I'm not really interested in typesetters like TeX.  It's very
important to me, as an author, not to worry about dot pitch, font acti-
vation, and spacing.  That sort of drudgery should be left to beady-
eyed editors.

I've used Nota Bene for about five years now, and have found it ade-
quate.  In fact, it's the only true academic word processor I know of.
Trouble is it's just about busting out of those tight MS-DOS seams.
At one time I considered Multi-Lingual Scholar, but I often run DOS
under Xenix, and their obscene form of copy protection (plugging one
of the printer ports) requires a DOS-only installation!  I'm also not
at all sure that MLS can yet be called a true, academic word proces-
sor the way NB can.

Any hints would be much appreciated.

-Richard