Xref: utzoo rec.arts.sf-lovers:58175 rec.arts.fine:272 comp.editors:2998 comp.text:8270 rec.arts.books:20875 rec.arts.poems:11511 bit.listserv.literary:567 alt.prose:983 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!midway!midway.uchicago.edu!francis From: francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers,rec.arts.fine,comp.editors,comp.text,rec.arts.books,rec.arts.poems,bit.listserv.literary,alt.prose Subject: What do writers want from a word processor? Message-ID: Date: 17 Apr 91 02:42:41 GMT Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 29 Professional writers: are you tired of word processors that don't do all the stuff that a professional needs, because they were written by people that were hopelessly clueless on the subject? Are you struggling with a program that doesn't quite fit your needs? Then let me know what you want! I'm planning to put together a word processor specifically aimed at professional writers. However, since I freely admit that the likelihood of my achieving this goal on my own is pretty low, I'd be perfectly happy to share the results of this survey with anybody who wants them. I'll probably post to comp.editors. I'd also appreciate hearing negative feedback, and stuff fuzzier than features (interface problems, for example). The idea for this project came from Jerry Pournelle's column: he's always talking about how nothing except Write (and not always even then) is just what he wants. I decided to try to fill the niche (and make the data available to others, who may have a better shot at succeeding :-). -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | What do you get if you multiply 6 by 9? | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | --Ultimate Question | \============================================================================/