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From: john@publications.ccc.monash.edu.au (John Wilkins)
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Subject: Re: Nisus questions: time to dump Microsoft?  (LONG!)
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Date: 31 May 91 02:11:03 GMT
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In article <1991May24.101824.1144@husc3.harvard.edu> aoki@husc9.harvard.edu
(Edwin Aoki) writes:
[Useful article on Nisus deleted]
>Where Nisus falls down,though, is in its lack of decent column handling,
>its particular implementation of macros (really powerful, but only one macro
>file can be open at a time -- why?).  I also didn't like their styles, but 
>uipon going back and using them to give you a concrete example why, I
realizeed
>that I didn't remember why I disliked them.  Sometimes, as I mentioned the
>graphics anchoring is a bit buggy, but they apparently are working on this.
>
>The absolute worst thing I can possibly imagine about Nisus, however, is its
>help system.  The system is one that I like so little, that I actually prefer
>to go and find the manual, look up what I'm looking for and read it rather
>than look up the item on help, even for things like a simple keyboard command.
>The help system is based on menus and is written in the command language, I 
>think, but it is among the clumsiest things you've worked with.
>
My major peeve is the way the manuals are laid out. There is no simple listing
of the macro language or Find/Replace options anywhere, and no decent tutorial
on writing macros. Of course, once you've done them ,they're bloody useful ...