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From: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Looking for new word-processor
Message-ID: <1991Jan31.053519.10475@cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 31 Jan 91 05:35:19 GMT
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Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
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We tried MacInHebrew a week ago (old 1986 version) and it wouldn't
work with system 6.0.

MacInHebrew works by replacing the TextEdit toolbox routines with
routines that accept and print text right to left.  It is really
strange.  You can switch from right/left to left/right at any time.
You can even plot some characters on the left end of a line, some on
the right, then some of the left, etc.  Almost all sophisticated word
processors do not use TextEdit because of its 32K limit on the maximum
amount of text that can be edited.  For example, it won't work with
ms-word.

Almost all draw programs DO use text edit so MacInHebrew should work
with these programs.

Don Gillies	     |  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
gillies@cs.uiuc.edu  |  Digital Computer Lab, 1304 W. Springfield, Urbana IL
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