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From: chap@art-sy.detroit.mi.us (j chapman flack)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.text
Subject: Word-processing in Coherent
Summary: what's available
Message-ID: <9105231807.aa08466@art-sy.detroit.mi.us>
Date: 23 May 91 22:07:45 GMT
Reply-To: chap@art-sy.detroit.mi.us (j chapman flack)
Followup-To: comp.os.coherent
Organization: Appropriate Roles for Technology
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I've a client whose future needs coincide well with Coherent.
They currently use DOS, only for word processing, and have absolutely
no investment in DOS applications except for one copy of WordPerfect.

This puts them in an excellent position to more-or-less painlessly
ditch DOS.  However, they would need to do word processing in Coherent.
Coherent *includes* emacs, vi, and nroff/troff, which might actually be
better for the kind of structured documents they do (just do up a macro
package) but, naturally, they're reluctant to give up WordPerfect for it.

So what's out there, free or commercial, in the way of touchy-feely "user
friendly" word processing that will compile and run on Coherent?

Is there any hope of a WordPerfect port in the coming year?

btw, when is the 386/vm Coherent expected?

Thanks!
-- 
Chap Flack                         Their tanks will rust.  Our songs will last.
chap@art-sy.detroit.mi.us                                    -MIKHS 0EODWPAKHS

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